screech
verb (used without object)
to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound.
will screech
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future tenseof screech.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And this isn’t an ordinary early spring afternoon — just five days from now, this freight train of a political drama will screech to a halt when filming wraps, forever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
“And if she wants to become an honorary Newfoundlander, we will screech her in.”
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2017
If the scene is a city, a character will inevitably run into the street and a car will screech to a halt in front of him.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2012
Ford's passenger car production is al ready 75% below capacity and unless the walkout ends this week, said President Arjay Miller, the nation's fourth biggest company will screech to a com plete stop.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon it will be dark and the owl will screech and the night insects will buzz.
From The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures by Lorinda Munson Bryant
