shriek

Example Sentences

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Clare let out a shriek that was most unbecoming of any fox, much less an Usher.

From Literature

It’s one of those Los Angeles gas stations that garners gasps, even shrieks, from Angelenos shocked by the cost per gallon, which is perpetually priced above other pumps across the city.

From Los Angeles Times

When the Gestapo came to the barn where the woman was hidden, not the baby but the mother began to shriek with hysteria.

From Literature

One look at Mutti’s horrified face, and I knew this screaming for what it was, the shrieking of animals, of dying animals, and that it came from the direction of the zoo.

From Literature

The shrieking brakes set, and live steam singed our bare feet.

From Literature