squawk

Example Sentences

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“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

But Mitchell is a team player, so in the end, Rapaport survives to squawk another day and probably complain about life’s unfairness over that evening’s pasta buffet.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

"It's Americans who are going to squawk," said Prof Hampson.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

It seems as if everything you’ve described about this class certification is just obviously correct, and I’m trying to figure out what the DOJ is going to squawk about.

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

There was a long silence on the other end of the wire, followed by an exclamation . . . then a quick squawk as the connection was broken.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald