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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Creak

Wailing creak,
Like an almost human shriek.
—John T. Trowbridge

Creaked like the implacable cicada’s cry.
—Robert Browning

Creak like the chariot wheels of Satan.
—Ben Jonson