shrieked
Example Sentences
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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
Several teammates tilted their heads back, cupped their mouths with their hands and shrieked, “PUUUUUUUKKKKKAAAA!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Just as the Witchlings began to make a run for it, the cuco shrieked loudly and ran through the lava, straight at them.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
