ear-piercing
Example Sentences
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Seldom have 58,000 people, uniformly this vocally delighted and expressive, produced such an ear-piercing sound.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023
She unpaused it just in time for Estonia, prompting the young woman to emit an ear-piercing scream, jump up and hold her scarf above her head as if she was on the Kop.
From BBC • May 14, 2023
Every match has felt like a home game for Morocco, whose passionate supporters greeted all the spells of possession by Spain and Portugal with ear-piercing whistles and jeers.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2022
And is “the sound of fear,” to quote from the script, really an ear-piercing scream?
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2019
The swarm enveloped the body of the plague god in an opaque cloud, its buzzing reaching an ear-piercing whine.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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