shriek
Example Sentences
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Until a short shriek cut through the air.
From Literature
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Teddy shrieks when I reach the wall last.
From Literature
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Then it rumbled over the igloo's dome and shrieked away into the night.
From Literature
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This time, the shriek was all mine—and I dropped my phone.
From Literature
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“You don’t even say thank you!” she shrieks in another.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.