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
Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
Lately, there has been one with a hoarse screech calling me.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
However, when his representation entered the mix to finish things up, that's when talks came to a screeching halt.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Cicadas are back at it again in 2025, already emerging in droves to announce the approach of summer with their screeches.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
Lately, there has been one with a hoarse screech calling me.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 May 2025
Noun
Langur monkeys screeched from the canopy above.
—Kate McMahon, AFAR Media, 13 Aug. 2025
However, when his representation entered the mix to finish things up, that's when talks came to a screeching halt.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screech
Verb
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For subscribers, that makes now the perfect time to catch up on the horror film that had audiences shrieking, laughing and running to Reddit to compare notes.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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But Shea is still the ultimate image of fan hysteria — a massive swarm of Beatlemaniacs gathered together for a night of communal rapture, bonded in music, shrieking their lungs and brains out.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Instead of chocolate or a throwaway trinket, this calendar delivers 25 days of genuine squeal-worthy surprises.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
9 Sep. 2025
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Korean pop star Cha Eun-woo draws squeals from the crowd of fans gathered out front, while security ushers Lacy through a small throng of civilians on the side of the building, up to where he’s supposed to have his photo taken.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Witnesses screamed in horror and fled for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck.—
Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Broadcast and cable networks like CNN did show some of the footage, but stopped the images and ran only audio, with the sounds of those in the crowd screaming.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This caused crews to declare an emergency squawk 7700 — an international distress code.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
Noun
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Not with a whimper but with a siren wail that long ago converted to white noise in our collective hearing; a global tinnitus like the hum of a fridge; the quiet roar of the Greenland ice sheet slipping into the Musk Ocean.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are more and more people on the other side of the glass, the sound like a sea’s roar outside.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For a while, the only sound in the room was the squeak of a marker on a whiteboard, as Imamura wrote out several potential plot points.—
Matt Alt,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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One of my only criticisms is how the interior is screwed together: more than a few squeaks and rattles came to light over choppy tarmac and mid-corner bumps and undulations.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Traffic caused a low hum alongside the chirp of a bird or the chitter of cicadas.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Squeeze the throttle pedal firmly to the carpet and the engine room answers with more forward thrust, the 9-speed kicking down several gears nearly instantly, and the car rushing onward with accompaniment of a classic but subtle straight six yowl.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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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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“Screech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screech. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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