banshee
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At the same time, he continues to throw himself a great pity party, wraps himself in his solipsistic view of victimhood, wailing like a banshee and gnashing his teeth in anger.
From Salon ● May 30, 2024
At times sweet naif, at times screaming banshee, she seems not quite human, like the strange half-duck/half-dog creature that follows her around the scientist’s house.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Your banshee will be ready to take off Thursday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Running a bit late, I drove like a banshee on the empty L.A. freeways to the carpool meeting place — only to find everyone gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
For it sounds like the howl of a banshee.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
During a challenge, the contestants - including Alan Carr, Celia Imrie and Lucy Beaumont - were tasked with asking a group of banshees to sing, before relaying the songs down a well.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
Both center on one of the genre’s most reliable tropes: mothers who either turn into monsters or have been banshees from hell from the very beginning.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
This is a ghost ship, a skeleton crew drifting through the doldrums, encircled by YouTube banshees wailing into the night.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2020
No, really: To that end, Mercedes-Benz likens this — seriously — to how the Na’vi physically connect with their banshees in the 2009 movie Avatar.
From The Verge ● Jan. 7, 2020
In the blackness of the eternal night, all the wickedest creatures—the trolls and banshees and ogres—have driven the good creatures into hiding.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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