screech
Example Sentences
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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
The screech of tablesaws and popping of nail guns break up the silence in the fire-hollowed corners of these neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
She heard the car suddenly screech and the vehicle head towards the nearby home Mr Ferns shared with his mother Phyliss, where it stopped.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025
It was not coming from the tank but from coworker Ryan, who, although he could not speak, let out an enormous screech, the first sound anyone at the railroad had ever heard from him.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing screech
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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Because of Winn-Dixie
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