earsplitting
Example Sentences
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An earsplitting techno-accompanied dance party turns into a raid and a wild rebellion by the “queens”—likely a reference to the Stonewall uprising.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
International Airport flight path and have to contend with both helicopters and the earsplitting sonic reality of jets landing and taking off.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
In Alexis Scheer’s “Breaking the Story,” which opened on Tuesday at Second Stage Theater, the initial bang is an earsplitting doozy: an explosion that throws a war journalist and her videographer to the ground.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024
Walker fondly recalls those glory seasons, when the Phillies made consecutive World Series trips in 2008 and 2009, and all the excitement, the earsplitting noise that made Citizens Bank Park the place to be.
From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 2023
Then things get real quiet even though the beat coming from the music in the store switches from mellow bachata to earsplitting salsa.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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