The children quietly crept up the creaky stairs.

Meaning: This means the children were moving up the stairs slowly and quietly, trying not to make any noise, and the stairs were making squeaking or groaning sounds.

Choice of Words: Crept means to move slowly and quietly, often in a sneaky or secretive way. Creaky means making a squeaking or groaning sound when moved or stepped on. When you put them together, "crept up the creaky stairs" means to move slowly and quietly up the stairs that make a squeaking or groaning sound.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The silent steps crept up the creaky stairs.
• She quietly tiptoed down the creaky stairs.
• The old man slowly climbed the creaky wooden stairs.
• He got out of bed and crept down the stairs.
• The old man sat quietly on the creaky wooden bench.
• They quietly tiptoed through the creaky old house.
• She quietly tiptoed down the stairs to avoid waking her parents.
• She tiptoed quietly down the stairs.
• The cat quietly crept up on the sleeping mouse.
• The cat quietly crept up on the mouse.