screak

Example Sentences

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The soprano screak of carriage wheels punished my ear.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

The rat stopped under a chair and let out a furious screak.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

She did not run against chairs nor move a stool so that the legs emitted a "screak" of agony, and she could sit still for an hour at a time if she had a book.

From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

She made it screak; she made it wail; she set her own teeth on edge with the horrid discords she drew from it.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

Then only the distant rumble of the Elevated Railroad could be heard occasionally, or the far, seaward whistle of some steamer, or the scrape and screak of a street-car.

From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor