banshee

At the same time, he continues to throw himself a great pity party, wraps himself in his solipsistic view of victimhood, wailing like a banshee and gnashing his teeth in anger.

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

At times sweet naif, at times screaming banshee, she seems not quite human, like the strange half-duck/half-dog creature that follows her around the scientist’s house.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Your banshee will be ready to take off Thursday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

However, Jenny says she did resent being left alone with her mother who suffered from mental illness and often behaved like a "screaming banshee".

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023

For it sounds like the howl of a banshee.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

During a challenge, the contestants - including Alan Carr, Celia Imrie and Lucy Beaumont - were tasked with asking a group of banshees to sing, before relaying the songs down a well.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

This is a ghost ship, a skeleton crew drifting through the doldrums, encircled by YouTube banshees wailing into the night.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 25, 2020

No, really: To that end, Mercedes-Benz likens this — seriously — to how the Na’vi physically connect with their banshees in the 2009 movie Avatar.

From The Verge ● Jan. 7, 2020

Bronze age humans who believed in demons and magic, who heard banshees in the wind, who imagined fairies in the garden.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2018

I’d heard its screaming brakes and thought of banshees.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck