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My sister, Louise, had spent hours perfecting the screechy, imperious cry of Starscream, only to use it when phoning the takeaway and ordering curry sauce and chips.—Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 Rick started recording his new band Hose — slow and sludgy, with lots of screechy feedback — in his room at earsplitting volume.—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026 The noises that come out are, frankly, screechy and chaotic.—Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 10 Feb. 2026 Get off the screechy 7 train at 111th Street for a comforting Dominican breakfast before heading over.—Cathy Erway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025 Brat Summer, last year’s abortive attempt to turn the screechy Charli XCX album of that name into a culture-spanning event, has given way to a season without name or form.—Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025 The kids are annoying, the moms are screechy and the dads are checked out.—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 10 May 2025 George and bandmate Harry Vanda, who served as High Voltage’s co-producers, had a knack for drawing the screechy rock rawness out of Angus and Malcolm.—Steve Knopper, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2025 As a musician, Ono was known for singing in what has been described as a screechy, caterwauling voice, and many of her musical collaborations with Lennon were baffling to Beatles fans.—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2025