Up ahead, a dead branch tapped and creaked, hanging at a crazy angle from the tree.

He moved and her heart threatened to stop as the big branch creaked.

Once the lower branch creaked alarmingly, and she grabbed the overhead one but it did not crack.

The bare branches of the oaks behind the house creaked and groaned as they rubbed together.

The branch creaked a warning under his weight, and she gasped.

Again the branch creaked under him, and Paris threw his arms around the solidity of the tree's trunk.

The wind stirred, shaking the trees until the branches creaked.

The wind sighed and the branches of the monkey puzzle creaked.

Outside, branches creaked in a sudden burst of wind.

The sun in the sky is a flat, red plate, the branches creak and grate.