shriek

She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

The latest episode of The Celebrity Traitors has taken place, and all we're talking about is which celebrity can shriek the best.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

At Mount SAC, for instance, classrooms have high-tech mannequins that can be programmed to blink, shriek and simulate a variety of medical conditions, including heart attacks, bleeding, respiratory failure — even giving birth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025

Indeed, whatever being uttered that fearful shriek could not soon repeat it: not the widest-winged condor on the Andes could, twice in succession, send out such a yell from the cloud shrouding his eyrie.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

When the congregation responds with rhythmic panting that slowly builds to shrieks of grief and passion, Ann finally feels at home — the burdens she’s been carrying all her life, cast into the ether.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

They finished a roughly $3,000 project to add french doors to their living room to create an office space insulated from the shrieks of their almost-2-year-old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

LeBron makes no secret of his love of horror movies, and him taking the court too old to compete with two sons who aren’t NBA caliber would elicit shrieks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2025

In the middle of the work, Lemon recounts two dreams — calmly, except when he shrieks “Mommy!” over and over.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Same shrieks of laughter at bellyflops and same cheers for elegantly executed dives.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

I normally think about what could go wrong, and I’ve cried out that we’re heading toward a dystopia more times than Chicken Little shrieked about the sky falling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

"How do you think I feel?... He set me up," he shrieked.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

At the second smaller stage, dancers shrieked as confetti cannons fired simultaneously with a bass drop, glitter falling like shimmering rain.

From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025

Children shrieked and splashed in the water, and a couple on an anniversary staycation floated at the edge of the hotel pool, nursing their blended beverages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The short woman in maroon scrubs standing next to Felix shrieked and bounced around like a game show contestant.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

When it was over, the sound of children shrieking “Puka!” reverberated off the bleachers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The second pilot meets their passengers’ fear with hysteria, shrieking, outburst—that pilot shames their passengers, saying, “I can’t do my job because of YOU.”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Meanwhile his sound team keeps turning up the volume to 12, delivering shrieking, insistent layers of audio effects that are more annoying than scary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

I’ll pause here for general gasping and shrieking, and murmurs of, “Wait, there’s a dividend?”

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

She was shrieking now, her hand for a moment twitching toward her hair, as if to let it down.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny