screech

Overhead, airplanes screech across a fat blue sky in a hurry to who knows where.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Seagull imitators compete for best screech at sixth European championship.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026

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

On occasion those offering a majority opinion screech like howler monkeys.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2025

Brigit was like one of the cats from home; if you came up on them too quick, they'd screech, scratch, and hide.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

I know of a nurse in San Francisco who screeches her car to a stop when she spots a person in bodily distress and administers CPR if appropriate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

China’s own export-led recovery screeches to a halt if importing nations are in recession or depression thanks to the Hormuz shutdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

A few distant screeches of brooms on cobblestone, that’s all.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

I push my earmuffs back on as her chair screeches across the floor away from me.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Through a glass skylight embedded in the sidewalk, I could see pedestrians rushing by on their way to work, while tires screeched in the car park above.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, a once-thriving business of trading car parts from far-flung places has screeched to a halt due to conflicts at the country's borders.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

In the 1970s, she observed a stratification between groups of chimpanzees at a national park in Tanzania, with increasing aggression as males screeched and threw objects.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

His question was lost in noise as the train engine screeched to a stop, brass bell ringing and steam belching over the rails.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

When they took the stage, the band wasted no time exploding into a searing 10-song set led by “That Girl” and including a screeching cover of the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The kitchen sinks aren’t working, and the plumbing is simultaneously screeching and groaning.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Apple stock fell on Thursday after the tech giant jacked up prices on its MacBooks and iPads, increasing worries that its comeback year could be screeching to a halt.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

As China hit back with tariffs of its own, the tit-for-tat exchange sent tariff rates spiralling into the triple digits and for a few weeks brought trade between the two giants to a screeching halt.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

The sound of my nickname feels like seventy-two jillion vampire bats screeching right into my ear.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone