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
The scream was just right — bloodcurdling, if also very funny — and the practical effects crew had finally found the proper volume and trajectory of the water cannon.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2024
I love the way Bridgers’s lilting vocals slowly corrode into bloodcurdling heavy-metal screams during the song’s crescendo.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
“It’s a very primeval instinct. When you hear the hounds — they call it the music — when you hear the hounds’ music, it’s bloodcurdling it’s so thrilling.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2022
But the bobcats had always scared him with their now-guttural, now-piercing and effeminate, bloodcurdling screams.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
