This poorly constructed house, with its creaking timbers and draughts, was not his home.

Tom was in his bedchamber when he heard a faint sound that was out-ofplace even in the old house with its creaking timbers and windsweptroof.

But being in a house is really much worse; no relief from the dust, and a great fear of the creaking timbers.

This is not strictly a country house hotel, more a traditional inn, resplendent with creaking timbers.

The wind was light, the only sound the creaking timbers of the Sea Sprite as it glided quietly eastward on calm waters.

The stench of bad beef was in his nostrils, while in his ears, to the accompaniment of creaking timbers and groaning bulkheads, echoed the loud mouth-noises of the eaters.

She stood in front of the desk surrounded by the sound of creaking timbers and the look in his eyes.

Above the gurgling flow and creaking timbers, Gonff could be heard singing a mournful farewell, 344 You carried us safe o'er the water, So proudly you sailed the blue sea.

They were silent, waiting for the signal, and in that unnatural quiet, the creaking timbers of Ventulus seemed almost like muttered voices over the slap of waves against the hull.

Desperate to vent the rage harbored so deep in her soul, she fought until he forced her back against his chest, until her sobs melded with the creaking timbers of the ship.