as in to scream
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the children shrieked with excitement
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Recent Examples of shriek
Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
And experts say there are actually perfectly good explanations for a partner not shrieking with excitement over a pregnancy announcement.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
Seeing the bus, the young woman raised a whistle to her lips and blew, sending a shriek across the steady hum of traffic.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Women, pinned beneath heavy planks and timbers, shrieked in pain.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2025
And experts say there are actually perfectly good explanations for a partner not shrieking with excitement over a pregnancy announcement.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
The screams eventually reach a crescendo, as video shows the shrieks getting gradually louder and louder until the group stopped.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
Seeing the bus, the young woman raised a whistle to her lips and blew, sending a shriek across the steady hum of traffic.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriek
Verb
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Preston Turano, a veterinarian and spokesperson at Felix Cat Insurance, told Newsweek that yelling, screaming, and physical punishment should never be used when training or communicating with your cat.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Pip squealed and clapped her hands, and Flora squeezed Pip’s arm, laughing with relief.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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One of the first major highlights showed the moment Mei Xiang birthed a squealing Xiao Qi Ji and cradled her newborn cub.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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The cheering was so loud that even ear plugs wouldn’t have masked the shrill.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN,
11 Aug. 2023
Verb
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Hedges will yell from the Guardians’ dugout if a catcher mishandles a pitch, poking fun at his manager, Stephen Vogt, a former catcher known more for his offense than defense.—
Ken Rosenthal,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Now in Season 3, another family patriarch on the verge of ruin – this time, financial – also gets yelled at on a phone call, and the person on the other end of the line is another surprise voice cameo by an Academy Award-winning supporting actor.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But dolphins have complex dialects in the form of crackles, squeaks and whistles.—
Leticia Fanucchi,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025
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Loud hums, squeaks, and rattles: While many old dishwashers do emit a loud hum, sometimes this can be caused by a problem with a pump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Most people know what a yelp sounds like, but probably not all the subtlety within a series of yelps.—
Scott Einsmann,
Outdoor Life,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 97th Oscars this morning, and as usual, there were yelps of joy throughout the land: Viva Anora!—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Shriek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriek. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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