Hawkmoon thought he would die with the effort of rowing, felt his heart pound and his muscles creak with the agony of the exertion.

Reith braced himself, muscles creaking with tension.

His muscles creaked as the tension began to loosen.

The muscles in my neck creaked audibly as I turned my head to stare at Barbara, who showed no signs of understanding the mortal danger she was in.

Jason sat up, his stiff muscles creaking with the effort, and rubbed the granules of sleep from his eyes.

When I got out of the bed my muscles creaked and snapped and I felt a thousand years old.

D His muscles creaked as he stood up, but climbing and jumping were part of his daily constitutional, a grim routine aimed at convincing himself he was still a man.

With a surge of shoulder and wrist that made the muscles creak, the blond reversed the stroke, brought the lash back in a vicious cut aimed at the same spot.

I stood up, feeling my muscles creak, and moved to the aisle between the rows of seats, just in case.

His muscles creaked when he flexed his arms and he walked back to the rear compartment to look over the communication officer's shoulder.