earsplitting
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of earsplitting
Example Sentences
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An earsplitting techno-accompanied dance party turns into a raid and a wild rebellion by the “queens”—likely a reference to the Stonewall uprising.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
The source of the earsplitting disruption was the Hard Summer music festival held at Hollywood Park, adjacent to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024
In Alexis Scheer’s “Breaking the Story,” which opened on Tuesday at Second Stage Theater, the initial bang is an earsplitting doozy: an explosion that throws a war journalist and her videographer to the ground.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024
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
Harry snapped it shut, but the shriek went on and on, one high, unbroken, earsplitting note.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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