screech

Seagull imitators compete for best screech at sixth European championship.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

In fact, any birder will tell you that the sky-rending screech that accompanies bald eagles in most media depictions actually belongs to a red-tailed hawk.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026

The summer’s unpleasant cicada infestation, meanwhile, is a stark reminder that his preferred droning screech comes from his dot-matrix printer, spitting out keyboard-symbol drawings he makes for customers who send him cash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

"He was very, very loud when he first arrived – it was like a strong screech," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

The bus jerks forward, and she gives a little screech of laughter that’s echoed by the other two girls.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

China’s own export-led recovery screeches to a halt if importing nations are in recession or depression thanks to the Hormuz shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

As one locomotive screeches into the old El-Raml Station, commuters and visitors crane their necks out of giant windows at the historic neo-Venetian buildings overhead.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

A few distant screeches of brooms on cobblestone, that’s all.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula—The mother bat screeches furiously as Rodrigo Medellín Legorreta grips her, a thumb under her chin to prevent her razor-sharp teeth from sinking into his gloved hand.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

And Harriet always screeches and giggles, “Oh, lookit Charlie. Ain’t he funny? Oh, ain’t he silly?”

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

In Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a once-thriving business of trading car parts from far-flung places has screeched to a halt due to conflicts at the country's borders.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Live events screeched to a halt during the Covid-19 pandemic but bounced back coming out of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

In the 1970s, she observed a stratification between groups of chimpanzees at a national park in Tanzania, with increasing aggression as males screeched and threw objects.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

The “Eras” tour’s enormous success screeched to a halt this weekend in Brazil when a fan died in the crowd.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2023

“So you have lied to me all along!” she screeched.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Instead, wielding my noise-canceling earbuds, Odysseus-like, I plan to smother this screeching sound to preserve my sanity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The kitchen sinks aren’t working, and the plumbing is simultaneously screeching and groaning.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

As China hit back with tariffs of its own, the tit-for-tat exchange sent tariff rates spiralling into the triple digits and for a few weeks brought trade between the two giants to a screeching halt.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

The parallels to contemporary American culture are obvious if not literal, but Ms. Ziegler is too gifted a playwright to shrink a nuanced tragedy into a screeching protest sign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Sounds like talking-shouting-clapping on top of forte trumpets-flutes-trombones on top of screeching subways-sneakers-chairs.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari