screeching
Example Sentences
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As we talk, on occasion the screeching call of a toucan pierces the quiet, and miles above, the same giant black birds hover menacingly in groups, surveying everything below.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
Most movie car chases involve screeching around city corners, weaving in and out of traffic and almost always smashing into a few police cars.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Her tenure at the outlet came to a screeching halt after reports of her alleged romance with Kennedy, 71, surfaced last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
But while his career ground to a screeching halt, authorities have been silent on the investigation into Rivas Hernandez's death.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
It seemed an age before the high-pitched screeching sound had died and the panic-stricken creatures had departed.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
