as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away
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Recent Examples of screech
Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Maris Kreizman
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
But in the past week, that’s all come to a screeching halt.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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Verb
Lately, there has been one with a hoarse screech calling me.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
The publishing industry screeched to a halt every August as bosses escaped to their vacation homes while assistants were left behind in the city to fret about making rent on a room in an apartment shared with three roommates.
—Maris Kreizman
july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
But in the past week, that’s all come to a screeching halt.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screech
Verb
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In another series of videos posted between March and May, Cobb can be seen shrieking in various stores but pretending not to know the origins of the screams when approached by employees, garnering millions of views.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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Three days before the biggest fireworks holiday of the year, the building exploded, sparking a fire that raged across the flat valley floor amid the sounds of fireworks popping and shrieking.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Stepping out, even for a quick chore, means being subjected to incessant honking, the frequent whir and squeal of subway engines, and a lot of chatter.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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When the spotlight hit vocalist Noah Sebastian, a decidedly un-metal chorus of teenage squeals filled the air.—
Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
Verb
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Julia Tate was headed to bed a few weeks ago when her daughter burst into their rowhouse screaming.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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On a warm day July 11, Caroline Flynn and her young children were in a South Boston park near their home for a birthday party when her 4-year-old ran out of a play area without shoes on and screamed.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
28 July 2025
Noun
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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People should also be alert to visible natural signs of a tsunami, including a loud roar from the ocean and a sudden rise or fall of water levels.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 July 2025
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Even holding serve to consolidate the break and go up 4-1 with a forehand crosscourt shot that Arango couldn’t handle led to roars.—
Lukas Weese,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, did the dolphin squeaks and whistles.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The fish-eating raptor known for gymnastic dives and whistle-like chirps is an American conservation success story.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
13 July 2025
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Microphones placed one centimeter in front of the insects recorded their chirps in response to the electrical stimulation while a circuit tester measured the voltage flowing through their tiny bodies.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Liam sang most of the songs in his reedy yowl, all charisma with his hands pulled behind his back, head tilted up toward the sky and a parka often inexplicably zipped all the way up to his chin.—
Paula Mejía,
Vulture,
5 July 2025
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Some hockey teams have incorporated sound effects into their celebratory goal-horn noise—a cannon blast for the Columbus Blue Jackets, a cat’s yowl for the Florida Panthers.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Screech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screech. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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