SCREECH in a Sentence
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27 example sentences for SCREECH, such as:
1. The gate screeched as it opened.
2. The child screeched insults at us.
3. The youth desired to screech out his grief.
4. He heard a screech of brakes and then fell down.
5. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
2. The child screeched insults at us.
3. The youth desired to screech out his grief.
4. He heard a screech of brakes and then fell down.
5. The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SCREECH
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screech
v. utter a harsh abrupt scream
v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 His father's whistle, his mother's mutterings, the screech of an unseen maniac were to him now so many voices offending and threatening to humble the pride of his youth.
2 The Thing in the coffin writhed; and a hideous, blood-curdling screech came from the opened red lips.
3 With one hand I felt above my head for the line of the steam-whistle, and jerked out screech after screech hurriedly.
4 One good screech will do more for you than all your rifles.
5 At the sudden screech there was a movement of abject terror through that wedged mass of bodies.
6 At last, far up the road, she heard the protesting screech of unoiled axles and the slow uncertain plodding of hooves.
7 Upstairs she could hear heavy boots trampling, the protesting screech of furniture pulled across the floor, the crashing of china and mirrors, the curses when nothing of value appeared.
8 The youth desired to screech out his grief.
9 A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet.
10 At this moment the fiddles finished off with a screech, and the serpent emitted a last note that nearly lifted the roof.
11 We hadn't been hard at it for more than a minute when a most terrible screech sounded through church, as if somebody had just gied up their heart's blood.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
12 not omitting a single comma, and making the paper screech under his pen.
13 The lane behind the terrace was waterlogged and as he went down it slowly, choosing his steps amid heaps of wet rubbish, he heard a mad nun screeching in the nuns' madhouse beyond the wall.
14 I could not have endured the horrid screeching as the stake drove home; the plunging of writhing form, and lips of bloody foam.
15 Under the efforts of both men the lid began to yield; the nails drew with a quick screeching sound, and the top of the box was thrown back.
Example Sentence:
1 He heard a screech of brakes and then fell down.
2 The screech of the chalk on the blackboard made her wince.
3 The gate screeched as it opened.
4 The child screeched insults at us.
5 He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face.