ear-piercing
Example Sentences
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And he’s not referring to the ear-piercing, 130-decibel sound coming from his Red Bull Racing 20 car.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024
“Like a deafening, ear-piercing noise, and after a while, you start to tolerate it. And then before you know it, just block it out.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
The only construction activity was a truck that dumped loads of crushed rock, making an ear-piercing screech.
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
She unpaused it just in time for Estonia, prompting the young woman to emit an ear-piercing scream, jump up and hold her scarf above her head as if she was on the Kop.
From BBC • May 14, 2023
Not like a gym-class monster-dodgeball runner, like flying away from an ear-piercing wail that rings through the classroom and hallways, vibrating the entire school and every inch of Axel’s body.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
