scream
verb (used without object)
to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.
Example Sentences
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“Outer Banks” is aggressively meh, and there’s not much else that screams to be watched this month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
In one sense, it screams Seven Deadly Sins—he gave in to his pride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"My daughter screams all day and is afraid," she says, adding that Yusha has become paranoid about planes falling from the sky.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Tied to the mast of his ship as he and his crew pass the singing sirens, adorned on the jagged rocks at sea, Odysseus screams out with pain and desire.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Swirling below us was a dark, boiling sea, so horrifying that even my screams started screaming.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
