Example Sentences
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Screeches of horror arose, which brought all the hordes to a halt as far back as they could be heard.
From In the Morning of Time by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Screeches and harmonies were pretty much the same to him.
From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell
But he refusing to subscribe, the business would end with dreadful Shapes, Noises and Screeches, which almost scared him out of his Wits.
From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton
Screeches, yells, and cat cries rivaled the din of stamping feet and the banging of tin dishes.
From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John
