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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The safety initiative is intended to calm traffic speeds in a town where the sound of screeching tires can fill the air of an otherwise peaceful Friday morning.
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That gig, however, would come to a screeching halt.
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Three more months had passed when Patel’s legal battle came to a screeching halt in August as prosecutors entered a motion to dismiss his case, effectively dropping the charges, court records show.
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Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
That gig, however, would come to a screeching halt.
—Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
Three more months had passed when Patel’s legal battle came to a screeching halt in August as prosecutors entered a motion to dismiss his case, effectively dropping the charges, court records show.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
That is, until the cargo vans Hopper is traveling with make a sudden, screeching stop, and Hop goes flying around in the back.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for screeching
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ
: sudden sense 1a
her career came to a screeching halt
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