shriek

I brace my nervous system for the piercing shriek, let it play like my own little theme song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce was being interviewed on national broadcaster ABC on Monday night when he interrupted the one-on-one to shriek "sit down!"

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

As a group of men force their way past us, a sudden shriek of noise and gust of air stops Joshua in his tracks.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

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

Until a short shriek cut through the air.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Some routinely put on a show: NYC0318, a whale also seen by AFP on a recent outing, often charms whale watchers with sensational lunge-feeds, breaching the water and prompting shrieks of delight.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Occasionally Mr. Paul’s violin swoons and shrieks in a manner we associate with the instrument, but he’s just as likely to use it as a starting point for an electronic drone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

There were shrieks of relief and whoops of disbelief, tears and fireworks and renditions of “Empire State of Mind” and “New York, New York.”

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

But when I got to college and fell madly in love for the first time, I was primed for the Kate Bush version of “Wuthering Heights,” an avant-garde musical number, all shrieks and pleading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

Every day I woke to deafening silence instead of my sisters' laughter and shrieks.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

Spectators shrieked when the sun vanished altogether and looked around with their glasses off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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

They shrieked with delight when Freeman acknowledged them with an affectionate wave of the glove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

“The Earth Mother did not make you boss!” shrieked a fourth voice.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Thor for thunderstorms, shrieking Sirens to explain shipwrecks, the abduction of Persephone the reason behind the bleakness of winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Yet the lizard brain making you gawk is shrieking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

A year before Robert, Shawn’s girlfriend, Emma, had come through the back door shrieking.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover