His voice creaked as if a little more pressure would crack it.

His voice creaked like ice beneath a heavy sledge.

"He fought well," creaked a strange harsh voice which Jim did not at first recognize.

The voice creaked like two pieces of old wood rubbing together.

"Don't let them hurt the children," he said; his voice creaked like that of a young rooster learning to crow.

His voice creaked as if he had not used it for many days.

Creddin's thin voice creaked, and he had to clear his throat several times.

Fleischer's voice creaked out of the handset still clipped to Seerbacker's top pocket.

His voice creaked, as if he used it rarely.

"She didn't," the old woman repeated, with a cherubic smile, and a voice creaking with age.