screech
Example Sentences
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In fact, any birder will tell you that the sky-rending screech that accompanies bald eagles in most media depictions actually belongs to a red-tailed hawk.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
Pareja then saw the housing market screech to a halt during the Great Recession, a crisis in which subprime mortgages were a central cause.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
On occasion those offering a majority opinion screech like howler monkeys.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025
"He was very, very loud when he first arrived – it was like a strong screech," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
It could screech and honk and run up and down a scale as long as there was a dog making him run up and down a street.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
