shriek
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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
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
She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Because pain itself is generated in the brain, not the body’s tissues, it can be wildly out of proportion to any physical damage, an amplifier that transforms a whisper into a distorted shriek.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
Boaz heard a shriek that he thought might be his aunt Hila, or something else, or maybe both.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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
"Celia shrieks strangely," read one, while another said: "They repeat the wail."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
About an hour before tip‑off, Clark entered the arena to a wave of shrieks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
The roar of the chopper shrieks loud and low until I think it will tear my head off.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
“So excited for my cortado! I wonder how it will taste!” he shrieked at his screen as he spun around the room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
When the bus pulled up to pick up dozens of teenagers from the Watts Empowerment Center, the youths shrieked with joy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Still, Clare shrieked, startled by the spirit’s appearance.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
But you wouldn’t want to make this determination based on the shrieking of the self-interested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Yet the lizard brain making you gawk is shrieking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
I’ll pause here for general gasping and shrieking, and murmurs of, “Wait, there’s a dividend?”
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Then it started to howl, and finally it was shrieking so loudly Dad had to turn up the TV.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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