How to Use squeal in a Sentence

squeal

1 of 2 verb

• The car squealed to a stop.
• He squealed the tires and drove off.
• She squealed to the teacher.
• Ziva squealed the tires pulling out.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
• Some people were able to squeal and make u-turns and head away.
  — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
• The cat squealed as it was being thrown, and a thud could be heard.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2020
• Piglets will race around a track to squeal their way to the finish line.
  — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 17 July 2017
• Try not to squeal when one lunges for a jerboa that runs across the frame in this video.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017
• There are screamers, which sound like a squealing duck and trail a tail of flame.
  — David Gutman, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2020
• Trains are drowning out the coach’s voice, the wind squeals in my hearing aids.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
• One of the most annoying car sounds (and in fact any sound) is brakes that squeal.
  — Alex Leanse, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2017
• Women squealed and screamed from in front of the stage edge to the back of the balcony.
  — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• That meant squealing tires, splattered mud on the garage and a trail of dirt in the grass.
  — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• The reality is that cold brakes in any car can squeal at low speeds.
  — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2018
• Someone must have been squealing.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
• Children squealed in amazement and lost count of the hundreds of bugs around.
  — Adriana Brasileiro, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
• Soto’s Marie pouts and squeals with abandon.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
• Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene.
  — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 23 June 2026
• Someone was squealing and crying at the same time, as if caught in a trap.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
• Those high-gain guitars sing and squeal on their own in shrill counterpoint.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 19 May 2018
• But turn-in is dull, and the tires squeal even at responsible street speeds.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 24 Sep. 2020
• The crowd cheered loudest for the Saudis who made their tires squeal on the turns.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 20 May 2017
• Kids will squeal with joy going down the water slide with friends to see who gets to the bottom first.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 20 May 2022
• What did people connect to, squeal over and smash, as the kids, say, that heart button for?
  — Vogue, 23 Dec. 2021
• As Royce squealed and clapped, Wilson spoke to her while filming.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
• Suddenly the front door squeaked open and a squealing little boy came in.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
• As Kim squealed and wiggled away, the crowd of about 3,000 cheered.
  — Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
• Toddlers squealed and played, and an older woman cried softly.
  — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
• Others turned around and went home, avoiding the squealing children.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
• Reaching into a pen, the group’s leader helps to free one squealing piglet whose foot is caught in the grate.
  — Wired, 5 Dec. 2019

squeal

2 of 2 noun

• She heard the pig's squeals.
• Carter pleaded her case above the squeals of a restless baby in the gallery.
  — Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, ProPublica, 9 Jan. 2020
• More squeals of support, and demands to see a picture.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• From the pig trailer came a bang, followed by a muffled squeal.
  — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
• This is a car light to the touch -- drive it with your fingertips, even at tire-squeal speeds.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
• Which means up to 50 squeals of joy from the lucky kid unwrapping this one.
  — Amy Preiser, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• One of the lawmakers let out a squeal as the guilty verdict was announced.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021
• Mere mention of the movie to women of a certain age elicits squeals and gasps.
  — Joyce Bautista Ferrari, Marie Claire, 16 Sep. 2019
• Meanwhile, a diner can start a meal with everything but the squeal of a pig.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
• The animal lies on its side with its mouth open, no doubt emitting one final squeal.
  — Farah Nayeri, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The tweet that followed turned the squeal into a homey imaginary scene.
  — Wired, 6 Dec. 2019
• Needless to say, the internet soon erupted in squeals of sheer joy.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 25 Nov. 2018
• The duo jumped and screamed in celebration, with their dogs joining the fun with a few barks and squeals.
  — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
• The place had just opened, so only a handful of people caught the audible squeal.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• Watch the ladies of The Real squeal about their new baby co-host below.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2021
• Sophi of course squeals, which puts the pink-haired frontwoman on the outs with mostly everyone.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
• Speak into a microphone embedded in the piece, and your voice echoes at a high pitch — a ghost’s squeal.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
• Then every movement of the game, the strategies, the dodging and feints, the squeal of sneakers on the court.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2020
• An engine roars and what sounds like six shots are fired before tires squeal and a crash is heard, based on the audio from the dash camera.
  — NBC News, 28 Oct. 2020
• Saripalli glimpsed her new look through her iPhone camera and let out a squeal of excitement.
  — NBC News, 6 May 2018
• The squeal comes from a tab of metal built into the pad that becomes exposed as material wears away.
  — Mac Demere, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2019
• Dante, hovering over the issue with Anglophile, let out a manly squeal.
  — Elisa Albert, Longreads, 24 May 2018
• The only thing that reverberated off the walls were the echoes of a squeal when a teacher felt the raw egg ooze out of its shell.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2021
• Survivors snort and squeal weakly through the haze, until two workers, using captive-bolt guns, put them down.
  — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2020
• Ever catch yourself letting out a frustrated sigh, a squeal of delight or maybe a gasp of terror?
  — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2019
• The squeal of children hanging onto a spinning merry go round at a nearby playground broke the lunchtime calm.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2021
• But the cheery faces of the children and their delightful squeals are a temporary illusion.
  — Arwa Damon and Gul Tuysuz, CNN, 11 Mar. 2020
• Then, in among all the sparkles and squeals and oh-my-gods and you-look-so-beautifuls, a figure of doom cut through the glitter like a chain saw.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
• Nearly in sync, a third emerges, prompting a chorus of uncontrolled squeals and giddy laughter.
  — Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026
• For all that, no clear story emerged from either the music, which ranged from ancient-sounding harmonies to siren-like squeals, or the film.
  — James R. Oestreich, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018