Example Sentences

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The child was shrieking, his fingers were sticky, they brushed her cheek.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2022

It didn’t even matter that the construction crew had left behind a ladder and soda bottles in the living room, or that the fire alarm was shrieking a low-battery warning every 60 seconds.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021

In other circumstances, I’ve been woken in the middle of the night because my phone was shrieking about a mis-calibrated blood sugar reading.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2017

“One woman was shrieking over her dead husband, climbing over him, pulling his face to hers, refusing to be led away,” Adams recounted.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2015

Just behind them her little brother, Paolo, was shrieking with excitement, and the other children, too, were yelling and waving their fists in the air.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman