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shriek

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noun

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Recent Examples of shriek
Verb
The latest New York news Image A war inside a Manhattan co-op: Noise complaints over shrieking parrots at an apartment building in Gramercy Park led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship. James Barron, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025 Of course, the idea of hauling your stroller into a cramped cafe or dealing with a shrieking baby at a girls’ lunch can be daunting for new parents. Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
While studying a rare species whose mating call appears to be the frightening shrieks the team has been hearing in the woods, the pair hired Kodiak (McHale) as their guide. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025 Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot. Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shriek
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriek
Verb
  • The audience screamed in approval for the coming out, as seen in a TikTok from the show.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 24 Apr. 2025
  • During his mock intervention with Jason and Danny, Jax says that his father was always yelling and screaming, so was his grandfather.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • His grandson toddled over, climbed into his lap, accepted a kiss with a screech of delight, and scooted off again.
    Ben Ehrenreich, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
  • One-take monologues are sliced in half, plot twists pause mid-gasp, and a car chase sequence screeches to a halt.
    Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • As usual, guitarist Angus Young existed in his own world and cranked out a steady stream of power chords and squealing solos, all while — at the age of 70 — dressed like a schoolboy.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The couple squealed and giggled in the fitting room.
    Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Ochi speak, not with words, but sounds—melodic shrills that reverberate in the air and can be interpreted on an emotional level.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
  • What's more, this door alarm features three sensitivity levels and emits a loud shrill that will instantly scare an intruder away.
    Stephanie Gray, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In the heated moments before Shriner was shot on April 8, police officers are seen in the videos behind a tall fence yelling at Shriner to put down her gun as loud helicopters circle overhead.
    Jack Hannah, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
  • In the montage of multiple bodycam video recordings, multiple officers are heard yelling repeatedly at a woman identified by the LAPD as Lauren.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And studies have shown that mice carrying human FOXP2 genes also make strange squeaks.
    Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Juliana is one of those people who express positive emotions with a high-pitched squeak.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Shriek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriek. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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