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shriek
noun as in high-pitched scream
Example Sentences
On the walk to the memorial, an angry driver seemingly got into an argument with an attendee, and drove through the path of the crowd, eliciting shrieks from the crowd.
About an hour before tip‑off, Clark entered the arena to a wave of shrieks.
It was a mini-Disneyland inside the Sparks’ building on Kids Day, the entire bowl pulsing with shrieks, slaps and sugar highs.
Three days before the biggest fireworks holiday of the year, the building exploded, sparking a fire that raged across the flat valley floor amid the sounds of fireworks popping and shrieking.
Irate, the woman shrieked, shoved something in the holding cell toilet and started frantically flushing to flood the cell.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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