squeal

During a stop at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, an owl perched on her gloved arm made her squeal like the girl she had been during her first visit there on a grade-school field trip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

And as “Blow Out” reminds us, all it takes to be pulled into this vicious riptide is the squeal of a shot-out tire skidding against the asphalt.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

When they get their money, they run madly for the exits, bowling over anyone in their path, and they squeal away in their cars, leaving tire tracks on the road.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025

Children squeal in delight at the baby rave at the Roxy as Kuma the money, Lenny Pearce’s sidekick, hypes up the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

Amil would throw his head back and squeal for more.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani

The squeals from the crowd take us back to the 1940s, but the quality of the music itself is timeless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

We sat at a picnic table; the squeals of children released to the joys of summer carried in the warm Alabama air.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2024

"These crows rise early and interrupt our sleep with their annoying squeals and cawing," Mombasa resident Victor Kimuli told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

In the audience, 130-odd children, ages 8 to 10, let loose squeals, some gasps, and one “it’s not real.”

From New York Times ● May 13, 2024

“Calm down now, everyone,” Mrs. Walton squeals, but it falls on deaf ears.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

This morning, I actually squealed when the library emailed to say my hold on “The Wind in the Willows”—a book I first read in sixth grade—was ready for pickup.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

A chocolate brown Great Dane puppy with blue eyes and a teal collar sitting on a tile floor gazed at me from my computer screen — I squealed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Picking up best pop act, Dean squealed "no way" and added: "Pop music is kind of confusing. I don't really know what it means but I think it's about togetherness and making people feel good."

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

She squealed loudly, dropped the phone receiver, and did a little dance like she had won the lottery.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2023

Olanna picked up a plastic duck and threw it back into the tub, and Baby squealed and submerged it in the water.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Hey, come here, piggy piggy, come here, baby,” he said in one TikTok video, his bike brakes squealing as he reverses direction to catch up with the pink, fuzzy fugitive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Since then, he’s been standing at the edge of the property squealing and crying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

"It woke my kids up from the bedroom upstairs and one of them said they thought they could hear a pig squealing because of the noise I was making," she added.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2024

The music layers stately chamber-pop with heaving, squealing noise, then eases toward folky resignation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Heather is squealing, holding a turquoise-colored bath bomb.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper