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View definitions for shriek

shriek

noun as in high-pitched scream

verb as in scream shrilly

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Example Sentences

In the middle of the work, Lemon recounts two dreams — calmly, except when he shrieks “Mommy!” over and over.

Perhaps you’re making the neighborhood kids work for their treats by having them run a gantlet of shrieks, fog and strobe lights to get to the bowl of candy.

Variety reported that Chalamet sneaked his way through the crowd hiding behind a mask and baseball hat, before creeping up to two lookalikes who had been posing for photos, sparking shrieks across the park.

From BBC

“I’m an anxious, asthmatic, ADHD, gay, diabetic Jew,” he shrieks, repeating the list so that the audience can register the gravity of the situation.

And there’s screaming and shrieking and people jumping up and down.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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