shrieked

Example Sentences

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"How do you think I feel?... He set me up," he shrieked.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

At the second smaller stage, dancers shrieked as confetti cannons fired simultaneously with a bass drop, glitter falling like shimmering rain.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

He sang Beatles songs in perfect pitch and shrieked in glee whenever a lighthouse came into view.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

“What do you think you’re doing?” shrieked Méndez’s voice behind me.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

“No,” she shrieked, coiling a bandage around a circular, sucker-shaped bruise on her calf—an injury sustained wrestling the mirror tentacles.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles