screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ 
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Examples of screeching in a Sentence
the screeching blast of the factory whistle hurt my ears
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The psychedelic party came to a screeching halt in the early ’70s.
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Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
And then everything came to a screeching halt and life intervened.
—Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
So said Fred Pickel, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s in-house ratepayer advocate, at a DWP board meeting in December 2019, a few months before the pandemic brought everyday life to a screeching halt.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
Again in 2020, as travel around the world came to a screeching halt due to the COVID19 pandemic, prices fell.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
And then everything came to a screeching halt and life intervened.
—Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
So said Fred Pickel, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s in-house ratepayer advocate, at a DWP board meeting in December 2019, a few months before the pandemic brought everyday life to a screeching halt.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
Again in 2020, as travel around the world came to a screeching halt due to the COVID19 pandemic, prices fell.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ
: sudden sense 1a
her career came to a screeching halt
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