Then the deepest, ear-splitting sound interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
Translation: Lots of ear-splitting Boobiac footage. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : "One of My Good Dogs," The 8-Second Man] Reference
An ear-splitting edge to my dog's barks alerted me. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
The fiddle responded with two ear-splitting squawks. From Wordnik.com. [The Spanish Chest] Reference
The sound was indescribable, ear-splitting, deafening. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
What ` s the real reason for this ear-splitting performance?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2009] Reference
After the ear-splitting racket it was almost still enough to hurt. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
The ear-splitting noise and the speed summed up my mood perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [Cradle and All]
They do make an ear-splitting rumpus when they start for the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works] Reference
He obeyed her ear-splitting command, scouring around the next corner. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
An ear-splitting shriek rent the air as Aline made the same discovery. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The verdict: rest assured that GN'R's ear-splitting sound is largely intact. From Wordnik.com. ['Oh My God'! Axl's Back!] Reference
She let out an ear-splitting war cry and heaved her baton at Chainer's head. From Wordnik.com. [Chainer's Torment]
Suddenly a near-by battery of long-range guns cracked out an ear-splitting salvo. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Seconds later an ear-splitting scream shattered the discussion of shortcuts home. From Wordnik.com. [Murder to Go]
What she knew: life would be drab without his ear-splitting laugh and crushing hugs. From Wordnik.com. [One of Four] Reference
It thus becomes an inarticulate patriotic "yawp," of tremendous ear-splitting power. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870] Reference
Suddenly an ear-splitting warning erupts inside your car and your seat begins to vibrate. From Wordnik.com. [When Cars Drive You] Reference
As they did so his hand sought a button and an ear-splitting screech arose from a powerful siren. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference
The noise was ear-splitting; the explosions filled the quivering air; the ground seemed to shudder beneath them. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
As I scrambled out of the shell hole, there was a blinding, ear-splitting explosion slightly to my left, and I went down. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
Above the report of the shot rang out an ear-splitting howl, and the mountain Hon turned to face the direction of the sound. From Wordnik.com. [Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains] Reference
By the time he was ready for sleep, however, the Siamese were ready for breakfast, Yum Yum howling her ear-splitting "N-n-NOW!". From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
The lock-step had receded into the muffled distance and the ear-splitting wail wafted back in tones that grew steadily fainter. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
According to GM engineers, the Volt's generator is designed to run at just 1,500 to 2,500 rpm -- a much less ear-splitting level. From Wordnik.com. [Shocking potential for the Chevrolet Volt] Reference
The clash of horn breastplates against armored legs, of mandibles and granitic heads against others of their kind, was ear-splitting. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
And no sooner had Blackhawk reached the open than he gave an ear-splitting whinny which was answered by several of the raiders 'horses. From Wordnik.com. [Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains] Reference
Fearless Frank laughed, and forming his hands into a trumpet he gave vent to a loud, ear-splitting "hello!" that made the prairies ring. From Wordnik.com. [Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills] Reference
They stepped on the cars, and with the usual ear-splitting shriek the train moved away, leaving Dexie on the platform looking after them. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
HOLMES: In the United States it is the beginning of the end of an era for the coastal city of Charleston with an ear-splitting explosion. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2005] Reference
Before the cortege marched a man blowing a large conch, which emitted, not "the murmur of the shell," but a much more ear-splitting music. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
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