screeching
Example Sentences
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The idea to launch a podcast began during the pandemic, when touring — and the world — came to a screeching halt.
From Los Angeles Times
As soon as they entered Sandy June’s driveway, the sounds of horns and screeching brakes had disappeared.
From Literature
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It’s pulling into the station now, a cloud of steam and dust and screeching noise as I skid down the final steps.
From Literature
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The parallels to contemporary American culture are obvious if not literal, but Ms. Ziegler is too gifted a playwright to shrink a nuanced tragedy into a screeching protest sign.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.