bloodcurdling

Example Sentences

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After six seasons, Peaky Blinders reached its bloodcurdling finish on TV in 2022 and had used the West Midlands backdrop for many locations, such as the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

There’s entertaining — and even healthy — catharsis to be found in bloodcurdling tales of zombies, vampires and vaguely supernatural Others.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2023

He organizes long lines of people to walk across a short row of burning coals while leading participants in a bloodcurdling call and response of “Say yes!” and “Yes!”

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022

They might love the weirdness of it, but they also might be like a child in a group we passed on our way out of the tunnel, who let out a bloodcurdling scream.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2021

By the second Tuesday night, I had gotten it about down and could say “toads” with a bloodcurdling croak when my mother knocked on my bedroom door.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt