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Sentence Examples Well, for one thing it's OK to shriek and run away from the ball if it comes near you. I opened my mind with the intention of seeing my past, when an eagle's shriek close by interrupted my concentration. The color draining from his cheeks, Shanza floundered for an answer but was interrupted when a shrill shriek cried out across the room. Further pondering was interrupted by a shriek from the inside that let it be known the quarrel over trinkets was still happening. With a shriek he doubled over, clutching at his calf, and rolled off his horse into the road. This time Rebecca did scream, a high-pitched shriek that split the silence of the night, and she turned tail to flee. That night, however, siren followed siren, loud and close, one winding down only to hear the rising shriek of another. He heard the shriek of the gale, the clanking of the flag against its mast, the jangling of the jailers chain and his heavy footfall. Her lips curled up in a sardonic twist that would have made a mortal shriek with agony. Her voice had risen to a shriek, and her usually beautiful face was red, blotchy, and streaked with tears. Instead, she fell face-first into her pillow, let out a small shriek of delight that she hoped the pillow would mute, and finally looked up. The howling of the sirens, which shriek to announce the beginning and end of each air raid alarm, merge into a single, hair-raising noise. A strangled shriek of rage and panic caught in her throat, and she struggled like a dying fish hooked through the cheek. The sound of a riced-out Civic is as nothing when compared to the blood-curdling shriek of a diving Stuka's nose siren. Olivia can also sit up, roll over, giggle, shriek, hold her own bottle, and put her own pacifier in her mouth. He didn't want to know what made this ice hard woman shriek in such a manner. The sharp, piercing shriek of the morning bell sounded in from within the school building, echoing through the campus. Watching TV or whatever, you hear the shriek of the tyres losing it, followed by the crump of impacting metal. I tried to give him the thumbs up but banged my funny bone on the pole and had to shriek in pain. He turned around just as an ear-piercing shriek of something definitely not human filled his ears. Show More Sentences She bent her head over and exhaled deeply, but just then the dragon let out an ear-piercing shriek and made a dive right at them. Indeed, a low whistle began to sound from the top of the kettle and within a minute it became a high-pitched, ear-splitting shriek. She heard her make a noise that was like a cross between a shriek and a gargle. I have seen her shriek in protest, and then stop it when she seriously objects. The high-pitched echoes sounded louder than the actual shriek itself as they rebounded off the dirt walls. Only the children run and shriek and throw stones and wrestle like children everywhere, making balls out of rags. The only reason the word didn't escape her in a shriek was due to the fact that she didn't possess the energy to commit to such a sound. Toward midnight a shriek was heard, then a clattering and rumbling noise, and the next instant a vast terrific eye shot by. A shriek echoed around the hill as bright lights began to flash under the tree. He grinned and picked me up, sending a jolt of surprise through me and making me let out an involuntary shriek of laughter. Before it could continue a shrill shriek filled the air as a ragged black bird flew in and snatched the Amulet. They heard one last ear-piercing shriek and then the sound of the wolf whimpering as though it had been hurt. Startled by Theo's sudden arrival, the old lady emitted a little shriek and clutched her alligator skin handbag tightly to her chest. The filthy thug laughed giddily, his voice slowly rising in pitch until it became an ear-piercing shriek. Police hand out safety advice and shriek alarms but call for calm in the community amid fears that a serial attacker is on the loose. With a sudden flash and the crack of a car backfiring, the machine surged to life again, its high-pitched shriek more earsplitting than ever. I'm not a screamer by nature but I screamed then, a high piercing shriek that I could scarcely believe had come from my throat. They will screech and shriek in ecstasy, as they fly from the brink of the cliff, down to the sea and rocks below. All of a sudden, a loud bang erupted from behind him followed by a shriek of pain. Character after character gets vacuumed up by the camera-hogging alien, all of whom shriek and flail as they disappear into its oversized maw. Show More Sentences There was an expensive shriek of metal being crushed and the steam roller rose almost a full eight inches before the engine block shattered. The band room shook, causing many of the teen-aged girls in the flute section to shriek. After a time, Fun came out of the hole, cut a caper in front of Sulkyface, and gave a peculiar shriek, which forced him to give a momentary smile in spite of himself. They don't even bother with a scary laugh or ghoulish shriek. Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony. For all its performance art and immersive theater foundation, the show also has its own shriek moments. I spent most of the day inwardly bracing myself for the piercing shriek of a siren to break the silence of the city. The car responds with a blink of its lights and a short shriek. Alexis screamed in fear and panic, the piercing shriek echoing throughout the empty library. The boy started to scream, not a yell of pain but a high-pitched shriek of panic that reminded me of a rabbit's death throes, which reminded me that I was hungry. If only Charlton Heston had been there to shriek something about overthrowing our ape overlords. Letting out a zealous shriek, he took a great daredevil dive over the sofa, knocking against the coffee table and scattering its contents all over. He tried to form a mighty bellow but only a shriek escaped his lungs. Their mystery deepens at nightfall over the landscape, and as bitter winds howl and shriek in the lonely valleys and impenetrable thickets of tall and spiky trees. They shriek, they mouth inanities in the commentary box and on the stands. A shriek of glee briefly broke out across the Web as inquiring minds tried to deduce who was the lucky lady. Nightmares flowed like fever, syncopated by the twitch of a neon light outside and the rhythmic clatter of the air-con, punctuated by the shriek of car horns. Tarantino fanboys always shriek that Tarantino shouldn't be dissed for his lengthy, dialogue-heavy scenes but I disagree. All the world loves a dramatic comeback story, and this pop icon is primed to prove she's still got what it takes to make the kids yelp and shriek with glee. My shriek woke the children, who arrived, sleepily, below the hatch. Show More Sentences It doesn't cater to the lowbrow philosophy that romance readers are all about intoxicating escapisms and lookisms and that they will shriek if someone over thirty gets naked. They will shriek and giggle, half-scared and half-delighted, when their father pretends to be a monster that will eat them up. One nurse pushed her hip alarm and the pulsing shriek rang out again. And Kaszaat let out a shriek of pure anger, bursting forwards suddenly, flinging her hand up towards Drephos as though in salute. I tried to sneak him into Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the thirteenth, clearly one of my great triumphs. His shriek was as feeble as the plaint of a grass-stalk in a storm. With which intolerable pains if the party shriek or cry out, they roar out as loud to him to confess the truth, or else he shall come down with a vengeance. Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes. At dusk or dawn one can still be lucky enough to glimpse a puma darting across the ruins' only road or hear the shriek of chachalacas, an endangered bird of prey, overhead. Examples from Classical Literature The shriek of the engine of the four-o'clock Northern express brought but few of the usual loungers to the depot. The wind twanged the rigging to a burring drone that rose to a shriek in the shuddering gusts. It was rather a frightful place to go into in search of the source of a shriek. Then from the blasphemous mouth of the king of gangland there came a shriek of awful fear. It was dreadful to hear the shriek of despair to which Delano now gave vent. Let Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone shriek and wail ever so loudly, they shall not break it. Agathe falls with a shriek, but is protected by her wreath, while samiel directs the bullet to Caspar's heart. It is, in fact, nothing but one cataclysmal bang and shriek of shells and shrapnel. Even the discordant shriek of the steam-whistle has been superseded in Freeland. Berwin gave a kind of eldritch shriek and stepped back a pace, as though to place himself on his guard. In the hurly-burly and the general shriek for mercy his reassurances were not heard. There was a crack, and a shriek near my head, and my service cap was whisked off. Yet, in the intensity of her utterance, the feeble whisper struck like a shriek of horror. Says the shriek of the jabberwock beneath my window, 'The Hun is destroyed. As she spoke a night-hawk passed with a shriek, and the evening star was hid with a cloud. In the same way, most people find the fluty note of the koel less obnoxious than the shriek of the hawk-cuckoo. A tiny doll, proportioned like a woman, dashed toward me, shrilling in a supersonic shriek. Gladys gave a little shriek of dismay as Daisy thrust her parasol into a laurustinus. It was a shriek as of one in the maddest agony, and lasted for some seconds. All those strangled heads and bulbous eyes and waddling fungus growths just shriek with derision! Show More Sentences Passing through the doorway the door smote him full, and the shriek which followed brought the dancing to a halt. With a gasping shriek the king ape collapsed, clutching futilely for the agile, naked creature nimbly sidestepping from his grasp. The shriek of agony from Hans loosened the arms of Heinrich. Outside, the air was filled with the spume and shriek of bursting shells. Well may mankind shriek, inarticulately anathematising as they can. A little shriek of laughter burst from junkie on hearing this. Then kea, with a shriek, guessed in a moment exactly what had happened. Milady uttered a deep, inward shriek, and retreated to a corner of the room like a panther which crouches for a spring. With a shriek of affright she plunged boldly into the midst of the smoke. Then he moved in his bonds, and his furious exertions made the ancient wheel of the pillory shriek on its axle. With a faint shriek, Eudora sprung forward, and threw herself at his feet. The agonized shriek of Catharine was answered by the faint, the very faint, voice of a child. At this juncture the brakes began to shriek and grind upon the wheels. He gave a shriek and dodged back, and a cartwheel shaved him narrowly. Through the cold and darkness came a shriek that chilled her with horror. By degrees her voice had lost its cooing tone and had risen to a shriek. Other shots followed and a few took effect, as a shriek or a grunt attested. A great, black, cylindrical shell came with a demoniac shriek. Then the shriek died away again into a wail and a moan, and so da capo. The dachshund's pathetic shriek of outrage made the rafters ring. Show More Sentences She gave a little nervous shriek, and caught it from his salver. Madame saucier uttered a shriek as a great swell rolled the boat. Noises we hear, the warning shriek of the fire engine or the honk! Francine uttered a terrific shriek and rushed to the window. What lot or what part has her glory in madmen who gibber and shriek? The women shriek and swoon, grovel on the ground, and tear their hair. A single, wild, despairing shriek rose from the cavern, and all was hushed again as the grave. There is a great deal of jolting, a great deal of noise, a great deal of wall, not much window, a locomotive engine, a shriek, and a bell. Louder still rose the shriek of old Parrish as he understood. As my sword went up to end her horrid career her paralysis left her, and with an ear-piercing shriek she turned to flee. At that instant a shriek arose that made the hills echo and re-echo. For example, a hungry cry might be short and low-pitched, while a cry of pain might be a sudden, long, high-pitched shriek. Fred, I hope you will learn to modulate your voice, and not shriek so. For a moment there was no reply, and Tarzan added a few more ounces of pressure, which elicited a horrified shriek of pain from the great beast. Of all the child's outcries, this last shriek was the only one that reached the ears of Mother Ceres. It met its persecutor with a shriek, almost exactly like that of an angry virago. The experts tell us that shouting is 'vociferation', denoting a scream, shout, shriek, hoot, holler, vociferation, yell, outcry. Like corncrakes sensing rain on wind, we could almost hear the witch whose cast spell named this place, the hard shriek, the White Cow lowing in stone. A loud shriek from the younger of the sisters, and the form of the other standing upright before him, in bewildered horror, was the unexpected answer he received. They received his witticism with a piercing shriek of laughter. Show More Sentences And perhaps, at mid-day, in the fairest weather, with one half-throttled shriek you drop through that transparent air into the summer sea, no more to rise for ever. A loud shriek was uttered by all on shore, and a volley of execrations by those on board, but boat and man were hurried away by the rushing swiftness of the tide. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of shriek? Words that rhyme with shriek What is the past tense of shriek? What is the plural of shriek? What is the adverb for shriek? What is the adjective for shriek? What is the noun for shriek? Translations for shriek Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Shri Shreya Shrewsbury shrews shrewishness shrewishly shrieked shrieking shriekingly shrieks shrieky shrieval 6-letter Words Starting With s sh shr shri shrie