screak

Example Sentences

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The soprano screak of carriage wheels punished my ear.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The rat stopped under a chair and let out a furious screak.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Along the brick sidewalk stretched a line of ageing wooden pickets and about midway in their extent hung the wooden gate with the screak.

From Stubble by Looms, George

He come in so easy, suh, dat Miss Vallie ain't hear 'im, but I hear de do' screak, an' I know'd 'twuz him.

From International Short Stories American by Various

She made it screak; she made it wail; she set her own teeth on edge with the horrid discords she drew from it.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah