How to Use screech in a Sentence

screech

1 of 2 noun

• With a loud screech, she smashed the plate against the wall.
• And then — screech!— life slams the breaks on all of this.
  — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 11 Aug. 2020
• My team scored first, prompting me to jump off the couch and screech.
  — Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
• The hiss of the blowtorch and the screech of nearby trains were its soundtrack.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2020
• How is the whole world not having a big collective screech to get the job done?
  — Chris Willman, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2020
• The birds and animals the workers didn't shoot for food would be scared away by the screech of chain saws.
  — Carolina Schneider Comandulli, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2022
• The screech of a Democratic Party swerving hard to the left.
  — Vera Bergengruen, Time, 27 June 2019
• The door swung open with a clunk and a screech, and cold clean air rushed into his lungs like the first breath after a storm.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
• The tower's steel girders shivered and, with a mighty screech, bent in two.
  — The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 29 Dec. 2017
• Video of the crash showed the car reversing and hitting more people amid a screech of tires.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• On a recent day patrol in the Small Mammal House, there’s a loud screech.
  — James V. Grimaldi, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• The young girl jumped from her chair and gave a long screech before covering her mouth in shock.
  — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• Angry chants were lost amid the screech of ambulance sirens.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2019
• Bald eagles screech and swoop from treetop to rock top, tearing into the flesh of fish.
  — Amy Gulick, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2020
• This program will include a trio of screech owls, a barn owl and a peregrine falcon.
  — Hartford Courant, 10 June 2022
• Dining in the dark, Leshchenko heard the screech of a Russian shell falling in the hotel’s direction.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
• Think of the potential for cute flying squirrels, screech owls and tree frogs!
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 2022
• Listen to birds caw, chirp and screech as squirrels forage.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2021
• Later on that evening, there was a loud screech followed by the explosion.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• The sounds of beastly screeches and splashing water came from the bathroom.
  — Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• So don’t expect to hear the growl of an overtuned V-8, the bark of an amplified exhaust, the screech of tires digging for grip.
  — Stephen Williams, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
• As Flores spoke, the iron bars made a metallic screech as a woman pushed a baby stroller through the opening.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
• Erich accepts her final rose, and all the peacocks screech in approval.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• This is how the human race ends: with the shallow clang of metal on metal, a squalling screech, the heavy stomp and throb of percussion.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 21 Feb. 2020
• Later, Audrey stumbles while on a sloping incline and lets out a screech that echoes in the alpine air.
  — Shariffa Ali, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2023
• Each day since has brought the wail of air-raid sirens, the screech of breaking glass and numbingly frequent moments of silence for the dead.
  — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
• The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.
  — Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
• Spread over him and shoved him forward, and he was woken by a screech and a howl.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
• At least judging by their involuntary screeches.
  — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
• That frenetic screech of packing tape echoing in your emptying home may send your blood pressure soaring.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025

screech

2 of 2 verb

• I screeched when I saw the mouse.
• He kept screeching at the children to pay attention.
• The lights go out and the song comes to a screeching halt.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
• The van sped up and screeched to a halt next to his dark 2014 BMW sedan.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• Suddenly, a squad car screeched to a stop in front of the house.
  — Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
• At the last second, the man screeched to a halt, peeled out of the parking lot and drove away.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Would any of the guys take one look at me and jump back into the limo and screech off?
  — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 29 May 2018
• Just then, a white jeep sped down the corner, screeching to a halt.
  — Andrew V. Papachristos, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
• That was a mistake; my leg all but screeched on its brakes.
  — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• And the girls were screeching, the teachers were groaning.
  — Ed Masley, azcentral, 12 Dec. 2019
• Two lemurs could be heard screeching in the background.
  — Livia Albeck-Ripka, New York Times, 13 July 2023
• The sun had just set in Tehran when the car screeched up alongside me in the parking lot of the old Hilton Hotel.
  — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2019
• Strangely enough, though, its screeching U-turn on the trucks IPO is still the right thing to do.
  — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 14 May 2019
• Someone complains that the birds on the first floor have been screeching.
  — New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• Her boyfriend screeched the car to a halt in front of a rundown house on Northeast Mason Street.
  — oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2019
• A number of spectators milled around in the street as the car screeched in circles around them.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• The frightened driver screeched to a stop at a red light, jumped out of the cab, and gestured toward its rear.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 June 2019
• But then, there was the sound of a crash and as the traffic on Hopmeadow Street screeched to a halt, the officers rushed to the road.
  — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• At night coconut crabs scuttled across the roof to the sound of screeching metal.
  — Ngm Maps, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• And then, a mile away from my exit, with the blazing sun high in the sky, traffic came to screeching halt.
  — Crystal Paul, The Seattle Times, 7 Aug. 2018
• Seated in a jeep and clutching a screeching Geiger counter, Lt.
  — Sergei L. Loiko, latimes.com, 30 June 2019
• Zippy, tiny cars screech down the narrow side streets, somehow dodging cars parked along the side of the road and, well, me.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2019
• To make the humans happy, the screeching white feather balls got names.
  — Tom Leyden, Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2018
• Four years ago, a virus brought everyday life in the United States to a screeching halt.
  — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
• When the lockdown was declared in March, his car rental business came to a screeching halt.
  — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Eventually, the train screeched to a halt near the town of Liaquatpur.
  — Fox News, 1 Nov. 2019
• My tires screeched to avoid hitting a lone coyote in the chilly 28-degree winter air.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 26 Apr. 2020
• When this market breaks down, the entire economy can screech to a halt.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 7 Dec. 2020
• Grohl screamed, screeched and ran all around the stage, the guitars filled the arena with feedback noises, and the band hosted a temple of rock worship.
  — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
• Those who were only mildly impressed by Wicked will find this less fun than a barrel full of screeching flying monkeys.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025