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

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

When the deafening noise at Minute Maid Park — both real and manufactured — reached earsplitting levels and drama began to build, the mistakes would snowball into defeat.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Instead, they embraced every shred of criticism, no matter how pointed or earsplitting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Exhausted, many sleep so soundly they do not hear the trains bearing down on them: the earsplitting horn, the screaming brakes.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario