banshee

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

The banshee made a rasping noise and clutched her throat; her voice was gone.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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

For example, the studio felt that the film should be shorter and that there was too much flying around on the ikran — what the humans call the banshees.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

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

We get three seconds Of pinwheels, whistling banshees, Some cones and pyramids That stink but won’t work, And black pills That vomit snakes Of ash.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto