Example Sentences

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Davis just delivered his lines in his usual matter-of-fact, Jersey-inflected tones, sounding more like an undertaker at a small-town funeral than a capital city screecher.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2018

This obnoxious habit also assures that fans will turn off the TV when the screecher appears.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2018

He was a “nonsensical” screecher of “wild words” whose appearance, according to Newsweek, “suggests Charlie Chaplin.”

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2016

He was a “nonsensical” screecher of “wild words” whose appearance, according to Newsweek, “suggests Charlie Chaplin”.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2016

My pa, watching the screecher and her babies, saying: She’s just doing what she’s meant to do, my girl.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate