screamer

Example Sentences

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But even grave-robbing isn’t as unpleasant as the dynamics of the Morelli family, led by chief screamer, grouser, mayoral candidate and all-around non-people-person Linda Morelli.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Spare a thought for 21-year-old Phoebe Litchfield, who had taken a screamer of her own just a few overs earlier, but her back-tracking, full-stretch dive to dismiss Danni Wyatt-Hodge was almost completely overshadowed.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

I am intense, but I am not a screamer who gets technical fouls.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Particularly during the double shot of “No Bystanders” and fire-canons-blasting screamer “Fe!n” that had the crowd bouncing hard enough to throw the earth off its axis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Well, Little Arliss was a screamer by nature.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson