Example Sentences
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The original play is over a century old, but every scene feels screamingly alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Ava comes screamingly close to doing that at the peak of "Mrs. Table."
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
But this tedious, unfunny, screamingly unoriginal romantic adventure film is so flimsy and so insubstantial that it’s practically vaporous.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
The need for more diplomacy between Russia and the United States is screamingly obvious.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2022
Theodora’s grasp loosened, and tightened, and Eleanor, lulled for a minute by the sounds, started and looked across to where Theodora ought to be in the darkness, and then thought, screamingly, Why is it dark?
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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