screech
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When guitarist Khn de Poitrine and drummer Klek de Poitrine perform live, they make triangle shapes with their hands and screech unintelligibly.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 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
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
Nail guns tat-tat-tat and chain saws screech on almost every block.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
The dragons have started to screech and whine, but Ma ignores them and takes out the gold pocket watch instead.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
Vocabulary lists containing screech
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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