earsplitting
Example Sentences
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Even on the rare occasions when they scored, the Americans were drowned up by the earsplitting whistles from the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
International Airport flight path and have to contend with both helicopters and the earsplitting sonic reality of jets landing and taking off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
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
Up close, the spinning turbines make an earsplitting din.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Harry snapped it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken, earsplitting note.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
