squeal
Example Sentences
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When they get their money, they run madly for the exits, bowling over anyone in their path, and they squeal away in their cars, leaving tire tracks on the road.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025
The word “try” is banned—if a student says it, Lee lets out a squeal so loud that the teaching assistant on the other side of the wall can hear it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
"We just heard this squeal, the rev of an engine and a huge, loud impact," Kimberly Stricklen, a visitor to New Orleans, told Reuters.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025
“I never know what I like but I really know what I don’t like. My fingertips squeal when they don’t like the fabric. It’s a bit of a magpie process.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024
There was nothing, and then, like a lamp turned on and off in total darkness, there was a little squeal of laughter abruptly smothered.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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