earsplitting
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In Meggison’s case, the incessant bills and collection calls, coupled with the anguish of divorce, were like an earsplitting noise she couldn’t quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
International Airport flight path and have to contend with both helicopters and the earsplitting sonic reality of jets landing and taking off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
Walker fondly recalls those glory seasons, when the Phillies made consecutive World Series trips in 2008 and 2009, and all the excitement, the earsplitting noise that made Citizens Bank Park the place to be.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 15, 2023
Their conversation is disturbed by an earsplitting steel pan rendition of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” that Samuel plays on repeat while he works on home renovations.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
It was an earsplitting, growling, grinding, screaming noise, shot through with a hoarse rackety-rackety sound and underscored with a deep chugga-chugga-chugga.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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