as in to scream
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the children shrieked with excitement
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Recent Examples of shriek
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Dawn fights off the ghost, bleeding and shrieking into the void, pouring her heart into the battle.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Hanna Park, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
The rag-doll physics of enemies coupled with their heinous death shrieks made battles more humorous than haunting.
—Jamal Michel, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Verb
His ability to be believable as both a laconic grump and a hysterically shrieking interrogator helps add some emotional grounding to Havoc, which otherwise indulges in Evans’s more-is-more-is-more ideology.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Dawn fights off the ghost, bleeding and shrieking into the void, pouring her heart into the battle.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
Video shows her shriek in fear when an officer in a hooded sweatshirt and hat grabbed her by the wrists.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
The rag-doll physics of enemies coupled with their heinous death shrieks made battles more humorous than haunting.
—Jamal Michel, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriek
Verb
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Heard screamed and dropped to the ground with the knife beside him.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Lyle approaches to finish them both, but Merritt screams from below, distracting Lyle just long enough for Akram to spring to action.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Lately, there has been one with a hoarse screech calling me.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
27 May 2025
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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
Verb
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When Ronaldo Jr went to warm up with his fellow subs behind the goal, the local kids all sprinted off in that direction and yelled and squealed ‘Cristiano’ or ‘Junior’ in the lad’s direction.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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These include pulsing, buzzing, squealing, clicking, chirping, roaring, humming, whistling, hissing and rushing.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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And then my dad and Karen got there, and my mom got out and yelled at them and just was very angry with my dad.—
Ruth Chenetz,
CBS News,
31 May 2025
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Those who yelled due to burnout felt guilty or worse afterward.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Overall, their squeaks were more complex, and the squeaking patterns became more intricate.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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As the birds practiced, their initial random squeaks gradually turned into melodies that closely matched their parents’ songs.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Throughout the flight, excited reactions and yelps could be heard from the crew over the live stream's audio feed.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
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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
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“Shriek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriek. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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