shriek

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce was being interviewed on national broadcaster ABC on Monday night when he interrupted the one-on-one to shriek "sit down!"

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

It’s an inspired bit of marketing for a series that found the sweet spot between comedy and horror, making us shriek with laughter and revulsion, sometimes simultaneously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

As a group of men force their way past us, a sudden shriek of noise and gust of air stops Joshua in his tracks.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Although she’s normally impervious to noise—even the most blood-curdling shriek from the many horror films we watch together can’t stir her—the sound of my voice emerging from her collar gave her pause.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

With a horrible shriek, it landed in front of Ku-Ang, its foul smell making him flinch.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Occasionally Mr. Paul’s violin swoons and shrieks in a manner we associate with the instrument, but he’s just as likely to use it as a starting point for an electronic drone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

There were shrieks of relief and whoops of disbelief, tears and fireworks and renditions of “Empire State of Mind” and “New York, New York.”

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

Shakespeare’s play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025

In the middle of the work, Lemon recounts two dreams — calmly, except when he shrieks “Mommy!” over and over.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Tina shrieks loud enough to curdle the blood of a ghost.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

I normally think about what could go wrong, and I’ve cried out that we’re heading toward a dystopia more times than Chicken Little shrieked about the sky falling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Another young woman shrieked as she sailed above us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

"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

I shrieked and sprinted toward the caravan in the oasis.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The second pilot meets their passengers’ fear with hysteria, shrieking, outburst—that pilot shames their passengers, saying, “I can’t do my job because of YOU.”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

His shrieking reactions to his wife’s savagery throw into relief his good nature and her perversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

In the single-voice readings, you must imagine the shrieking, which goes on even after Harry has slammed the book shut in fright.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

I’ll pause here for general gasping and shrieking, and murmurs of, “Wait, there’s a dividend?”

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

“I sent a mouse shrieking into the grass with that one.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz