earsplitting
Example Sentences
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An earsplitting techno-accompanied dance party turns into a raid and a wild rebellion by the “queens”—likely a reference to the Stonewall uprising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
In Alexis Scheer’s “Breaking the Story,” which opened on Tuesday at Second Stage Theater, the initial bang is an earsplitting doozy: an explosion that throws a war journalist and her videographer to the ground.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
Walker fondly recalls those glory seasons, when the Phillies made consecutive World Series trips in 2008 and 2009, and all the excitement, the earsplitting noise that made Citizens Bank Park the place to be.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
When the deafening noise at Minute Maid Park — both real and manufactured — reached earsplitting levels and drama began to build, the mistakes would snowball into defeat.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
My dad, who only had on his sock monkey pajama bottoms, turned on his electric guitar and made this earsplitting screechy sound to scare off the raccoon.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
