screak

Example Sentences

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

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

The soprano screak of carriage wheels punished my ear.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

The front gate screaked, a slow, timid, almost furtive sort of screak, and then banged suddenly shut as though it despaired of further concealment.

From Stubble by Looms, George

She did not run against chairs nor move a stool so that the legs emitted a "screak" of agony, and she could sit still for an hour at a time if she had a book.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie