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bloodcurdling

[bluhd-kurd-ling, -kur-dl-ing] / ˈblʌdˌkɜrd lɪŋ, -ˌkɜr dl ɪŋ /


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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

Even better, seeing it in a cavernous, 2,800-seat theater made the bloodcurdling screams from a lady behind me echo like we were in hell’s screening room.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2022

The general bafflement was increased by the exceptions to her silence — those unforgettable jam sessions when Ono, accompanied by the band, emitted a stream of bloodcurdling screams into the microphone.

From Washington Post Mar. 23, 2022

They might love the weirdness of it, but they also might be like a child in a group we passed on our way out of the tunnel, who let out a bloodcurdling scream.

From Seattle Times Jul. 29, 2021

The younger Swanburne girls had lived in terror of her bloodcurdling scream, which was put to good use every autumn at Heathcote’s annual Haunted Hay Maze festival.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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