screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ 
Examples of screeching in a Sentence
the screeching blast of the factory whistle hurt my ears
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Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
Whoever came up with the idea to merge a Planet Earth–style doc with the screeching score, squelching sounds, and jump scares of the horror genre, congratulations.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
First, the escalator going up to the main speaking floor came to a screeching halt.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
But the Broncos have vacillated all over the map in efficiency on every down the last two weeks, and have seen their offense come to a screeching fourth-quarter halt in close losses because of it.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ
: sudden sense 1a
her career came to a screeching halt
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