ear-splitting
Example Sentences
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The familiar ear splitting roar of the engines, associated with its noisy cousin, are replaced by the somewhat comforting low hum of cars gliding into battle.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022
About to be burned, Miss Brady gave vent to her favorite repertoire of ear splitting, nerve-searing shrieks, seemed on the verge of rabies.
From Time Magazine Archive
With ear splitting cheers, Seabiscuit took his place alongside Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Bill Tilden as one of Sport's immortals.
From Time Magazine Archive
The moment my audio kicked in, I heard the ear splitting roar of engines coming from somewhere directly overhead.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The note produced is pitched very high and is extremely penetrating, not to say ear splitting, making an excellent call for the jungles and forests of the tropics.
From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry
