shriek

Example Sentences

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There was a high shriek and then silence.

From Literature

“Well, Marion made it all right, but apparently flying doesn’t agree with Fleetwood. Your gran was shrieking. Does she always shriek?”

From Literature

One of them shrieks with laughter —the blond one.

From Literature

“No, thank you,” Natalie said, but her quiet words were swallowed up by the shriek of Reuben outside.

From Literature

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