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

I love the way Bridgers’s lilting vocals slowly corrode into bloodcurdling heavy-metal screams during the song’s crescendo.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 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

But to South Korean viewers, when she has turned to more alarming announcements, such as the North’s weapons tests, her warlike cries could seem as bloodcurdling as the information itself.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Juanita yelled from behind me, to which Cecilia responded with a bloodcurdling wail that made us all stop.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall