shriek

Example Sentences

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Sometimes his sister, Anastasia, got so mad that she shrieked when Sam said no.

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The girls were shrieking and gagging at the smell, and Miss Collins let us off school early.

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The shrieks and shouts began to fade, but Jeremy ran on until his aching lungs finally forced him to slow to a jog, then a walk.

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The other monkeys started shrieking too, and I leaped onto a lower branch, almost falling, my heart thumping like a pounding drum.

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There was a high shriek and then silence.

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