screech

Example Sentences

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Maggie fumbles one-handed for a light switch, but the screech of metal on metal opens a gap behind her, illuminating the concrete walls of the cellar.

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The silence screeches of disappointment, and I pedal backward, trying to salvage at least a bit of what I just broke.

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The truck jerked to a halt; we heard a screech of iron.

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A couple of old screech owls swooped up a hedgerow, looking for mice.

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The windows weren’t glassed in at the rear of the streetcar, and the wind cooled my face as we screeched and clanged through streets teeming with motorcars and pedestrians.

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