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screeching

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verb

present participle of screech

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of screeching
Adjective
Top picks San Diego’s busy summer season may be winding down, but that hardly means the region’s artistic and cultural machines come to a screeching halt. Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025 His five-year tenure came to a screeching halt after the designer did not appear at the end of the fall 2011 show. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
The band’s signature battering riffs and Lindberg’s screeching vocals have become synonymous with the extreme metal genre. Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 The momentum came screeching to a halt during a midseason game against the NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams. Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for screeching
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screeching
Adjective
  • Arriving in January, the California Post will be Murdoch’s transplant of his right-leaning tabloid the New York Post, replete with shrill headlines and randy gossip.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One option is to simply double down on the existing approach and become shriller.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Screaming and shrieking, the drama between the bridesmaids is thick.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As Linda literally fights with the rodent in the car (with her shrieking daughter in the backseat), it gets flung out the window and becomes roadkill.
    Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Video captured officers screaming at him to drop the knife, followed by several gunshots from police.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One of the first major highlights showed the moment Mei Xiang birthed a squealing Xiao Qi Ji and cradled her newborn cub.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screeching. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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