earsplitting

Example Sentences

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An earsplitting techno-accompanied dance party turns into a raid and a wild rebellion by the “queens”—likely a reference to the Stonewall uprising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The source of the earsplitting disruption was the Hard Summer music festival held at Hollywood Park, adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

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

The 401-foot blast turned the Rogers Centre into an earsplitting celebration that snapped Toronto’s offense to life.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2022

Exhausted, many sleep so soundly they do not hear the trains bearing down on them: the earsplitting horn, the screaming brakes.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario