Examples of screechy in a Sentence
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The kids are annoying, the moms are screechy and the dads are checked out.
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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
However, for a cultural icon of Chappelle’s caliber, with his demonstrated capacity to advocate for marginalized groups, for someone like that to consistently reduce the trans community to icky, screechy scolds right as their very existence is being legislated away is a waste and a disgrace.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
Even the shaky handheld camera work and the screechy vocal stylings of that generous copyright infringer couldn’t obscure the glittery brilliance of the house mother’s inaugural ball.
—Vulture, 1 Dec. 2023
Users relied on either a screechy dot-matrix printer, with its pixelated text, or a specialized typesetting machine, which could cost $10,000 and take up most of a room.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
Though there were plenty of bigger bird bones preserved at the site, which would have been better for turning into instruments as well as for playing, the Natufians specifically selected smaller bones that produced a screechy sound similar to a bird of prey.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
Advertisement In Bardem’s case, the results are forbiddingly cold and inert, and Awkwafina wears out her welcome quickly in a screechy, strident vocal turn as Scuttle the seagull.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
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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
However, for a cultural icon of Chappelle’s caliber, with his demonstrated capacity to advocate for marginalized groups, for someone like that to consistently reduce the trans community to icky, screechy scolds right as their very existence is being legislated away is a waste and a disgrace.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
Even the shaky handheld camera work and the screechy vocal stylings of that generous copyright infringer couldn’t obscure the glittery brilliance of the house mother’s inaugural ball.
—Vulture, 1 Dec. 2023
Users relied on either a screechy dot-matrix printer, with its pixelated text, or a specialized typesetting machine, which could cost $10,000 and take up most of a room.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
Though there were plenty of bigger bird bones preserved at the site, which would have been better for turning into instruments as well as for playing, the Natufians specifically selected smaller bones that produced a screechy sound similar to a bird of prey.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023
Advertisement In Bardem’s case, the results are forbiddingly cold and inert, and Awkwafina wears out her welcome quickly in a screechy, strident vocal turn as Scuttle the seagull.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
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“Screechy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screechy. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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