screech
verb (used without object)
to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound.
screeches
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pluralof screech.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof screech (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
screechverb (used without object)to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound.
Example Sentences
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China’s own export-led recovery screeches to a halt if importing nations are in recession or depression thanks to the Hormuz shutdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
As one locomotive screeches into the old El-Raml Station, commuters and visitors crane their necks out of giant windows at the historic neo-Venetian buildings overhead.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
A few distant screeches of brooms on cobblestone, that’s all.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula—The mother bat screeches furiously as Rodrigo Medellín Legorreta grips her, a thumb under her chin to prevent her razor-sharp teeth from sinking into his gloved hand.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
It reversed, in loud screeches, as if the driver wanted to make as much of an impression as possible, and stopped in front of the house.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
