ear-splitting

Example Sentences

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In Canada, officials embraced maximum politesse and minimum public convenience by tolerating a temper tantrum by truckers and others who were permitted to paralyze the capital city of Ottawa for about three weeks this winter and keep peaceable residents awake by blaring their ear-splitting horns.

From Washington Post

OTTAWA, Canada — Police in Canada’s capital were trying to cut off the supply of fuel to a convoy of truckers and other activists occupying Ottawa’s downtown core, while a court issued a 10-day injunction against their use of ear-splitting air horns.

From Seattle Times

The scenes still seem almost surreal in Saudi Arabia - ravers convulsed in the rhythm of ear-splitting beats in a country where just a few years ago even performing music in public was controversial.

From BBC

A built-in siren is an ear-splitting 105 dB, and the camera sends rich notifications with a zoomed-in clip of what it spotted that also appears on the well-laid-out timeline view in the Netatmo Security app.

From The Verge

It frustrated my parents so much that it would induce bouts of rage that compelled them to purge everything via a big black garbage bag, which they filled with whatever was within grabbing reach while listening to music at an ear-splitting volume.

From Salon