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squeal

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noun

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Recent Examples of squeal
Verb
Yet kids seem pretty delighted overall in their hybrid squealing/giggling way. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025 Pip squealed and clapped her hands, and Flora squeezed Pip’s arm, laughing with relief. Sheila Heti, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
Much like the Zepp Clarity One aids, the Pixie aids feature frequent and random bouts of ear-piercing squeals that are impossible to ignore, even at the bare minimum volume. Christopher Null, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2025 But their therapy session is deliberately drowned out by the squeals of a nameless naked couple romping in the back. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squeal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeal
Verb
  • And the volunteer who can’t write a check but has spent every weekend knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about this campaign’s promise of a better future for Fort Worth.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In January 2020, during Trump's first term, Vaughn was photographed talking to and shaking hands with him at a college football game.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Dawn fights off the ghost, bleeding and shrieking into the void, pouring her heart into the battle.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Ozturk shrieked in fear as the officers — some of whom wore sunglasses — then covered their noses and mouths.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Preservationists are complaining that Tranquillity’s plan would harm the open views in that part of town.
    Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins complained to public broadcaster Radio New Zealand that the bill is only meant to grab attention.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 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
  • The set also squeaks back onto the Top Album Sales list, coming in at No. 50.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Overall, Karuizawa represented 17 percent of Sotheby’s auctions, while the Macallan squeaked by at 18 percent and Chinese baijiu brand Kweichow Moutai came in third with 15 percent.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The audience screamed in approval for the coming out, as seen in a TikTok from the show.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 24 Apr. 2025
  • Benintendi then fouled off a fastball before ripping the next and sending it screaming toward the gap in right-center.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe if the teen had whined less, viewers wouldn't have yearned to see her get eaten by some Hellmouth beast.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Megan Michelson is an Outside contributing editor who loves long drives, even when her two children are whining in the backseat.
    Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The young seals’ vocalizations are variable, sometimes shorter, other times longer, sometimes a warble, sometimes a wail, other times a squawk or monkey-like screeching.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Squeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeal. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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