When he stood, the joints of his knees cracked as loudly as shots in the silent room.

Her joints cracked like rotton timber as she moved.

Only then did he dare stand up again, his joints cracking.

She rose up, her joints cracking, and took from the long box another thin square of glass.

Husband heaved a deep sigh, and stretched himself, joints cracking audibly.

My joints crack like rotten timber as I move.

Gabriel's joints cracked as the weight came on.

The old man stood and his joints cracked like dry twigs.

They were drawn now high up his back so that his joints cracked under the strain.

The joints of his backbone cracked like dominoes going down.