bloodcurdling
Example Sentences
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After six seasons, Peaky Blinders reached its bloodcurdling finish on TV in 2022 and had used the West Midlands backdrop for many locations, such as the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
There’s entertaining — and even healthy — catharsis to be found in bloodcurdling tales of zombies, vampires and vaguely supernatural Others.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2023
Among Schank’s most memorable moments in “American Movie” was a bloodcurdling scream he recorded for “Coven.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
He organizes long lines of people to walk across a short row of burning coals while leading participants in a bloodcurdling call and response of “Say yes!” and “Yes!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Ignatius lis-tened to the bloodcurdling little trebles and giggles and gloated in his dark lair.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
