Emily V. Gordon

In my experience as a therapist and as a friend, it seems that the majority of the breakup resources available are for women and not men. Women, who tend to be more vocal about their emotional struggles, are the squeaky wheel that gets the grease from friends, from online communities, from books, and from therapeutic approaches.

American Writer

Rag'n'Bone Man

I used to sing as a kid, but it was quite squeaky. I think I was about 19 or 20, and we used to go to these jam sessions and open mics. I just got the courage to sing one day. I don't think anyone expected it to sound like that.

English Musician

Charlie Day

Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.

American Actor

Austin Mahone

I told my fans online how I hated my squeaky office chair. One day, a fan sent me a new chair. It was crazy! I still use the chair today. Pretty awesome.

American Musician

Rick Springfield

I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.

Evelyn Glennie

I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.

Scottish Musician

Rachel Nichols

Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?

American Actress

Emily Weiss

Your skin is like a plant. You have to water it. Make sure it's hydrated, not just squeaky clean.

American Businesswoman

Park Chan-wook

It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.

South Korean Director

Jeff Ross

Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.

American Comedian

Use 'squeaky' to describe noises often considered annoying or in need of repair.

Context Matters

'Squeaky' evokes a vivid sound image; use it to help listeners imagine the noise.

Sensory Imagery

'Squeaky' mimics the actual sound it describes, making it onomatopoeic.

Onomatopoeic Use

Beyond literal cleanliness, 'squeaky clean' can imply ethical or legal purity.

Metaphorically Clean

'Squeaky clean' is sometimes an exaggeration to emphasize cleanliness or innocence.

Hyperbolic Expression

'Squeaky' for voices can suggest an unintentional, often unpleasant, pitch.

Voice Quality

'Squeaky' can give the impression of a youthful or less mature voice quality.

Childlike Voices

A 'squeaky' voice may be perceived negatively, so use with care to avoid offense.

Unpleasant Connotation

 climate change or a democracy in peril. We fail to recognize the danger because we're reluctant to rethink the situation. We struggle with rethinking in all kinds of situations. We expect our squeaky brakes to keep working, until they finally fail on the freeway. We believe the stock market will keep going up,

Adam Grant: What frogs...

 had a similar type of thing but it was just brief this was so close and full-on whooping but in the squeaky squeaky little calm voice and Reuben came bounding back straight to her cub now like I said we haven't seen the second cabin in a couple days and after they were playing rough and tough about two

Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...

 most of the cells die off, of course, because they're starving. But a few of the cells survive. If you take these old surviving cells and compete them, also under starvation conditions, against a new, fast-growing culture of E. coli, the grizzled old tough guys beat out the squeaky clean upstarts

The mysterious microbes...

 What would this have been, and this would have been the workbench, oh, they still got the vice. look at this! Bit squeaky now, but it works. A saw, This is an antique. Look how the spiderwebs have just completely overtaken it as well. Put your hand under it. Let's see if it works.

Finding Little Owls in...

 having that sinister evil laugh as it picks and breaks open the skin maybe that's how it's laughing I don't know it'd have to kind of think of a ox pickle off would it be deep and sinister would it be high-pitched and squeaky that would make it quite funny I'm not

Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...

 You have to be able to take this energy and amplify it through the water. That's what whales do. And when you hear their sound -- it's kind of like when you squeak the air out of a balloon. So they get a lot of squeaky noises, but they also have this

How whales breathe,...

 put on a worn sweatshirt and he'd scrape away at the squeaky old wheel of a house that we lived in. I wouldn't even call it restoration; it was a ritual, catharsis. He would spend all year scraping paint with this old heat gun and a spackle knife,

Architecture that's...

 So I thought now is the time to give it a go. So I made a few squeaky noises like this and suddenly two other birds flew down, a male and a female. Clearly the mother and the father of this baby monarch,

Life-changing encounter...

 Cesar first wants to see for himself how kolbar reacts to squeaky toys good girl Jin D good girl

Squeaky Toy Trauma PIPE Dog...

 night with my squeaky car squeak squeak squeak squeak