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banshee

[ban-shee, ban-shee] / ˈbæn ʃi, bænˈʃi /






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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

Running a bit late, I drove like a banshee on the empty L.A. freeways to the carpool meeting place — only to find everyone gone.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2023

A lock of banshee hair that sang them to sleep whenever the moon was full.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

For example, the studio felt that the film should be shorter and that there was too much flying around on the ikran — what the humans call the banshees.

From New York Times Sep. 16, 2022

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

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

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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