If you see a mouse, you're very likely to shriek. From LearnThat.org.
One sharp wild shriek is heard – and all is still!. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
But the shriek from the bed was not that of a man, but a boy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
So from you arch liberals to the arch conservatives, the shriek is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Speech and the Myth of Zero Sum Gain] Reference
And all in passion utter'd a 'dry' shriek, which is the 'sicca vox' of the Roman poets. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson] Reference
Stressed inward, one of the side plates buckled; air stole through the breach with a thin shriek. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Dune: House Harkonnen by Brian Herbert] Reference
Nothing happened to falsify her desperate assertion that the shriek was the delusion of a vivid dream. From Wordnik.com. [Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time] Reference
A loud, piercing shriek, which issued from the gallery, broke the silence with which the Assembly had received this news. From Wordnik.com. [Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon] Reference
So, we have accusations of "shriek" & "garbage" so far ... from whence may I inquire did these spawn? by. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Picks a Clarence Thomas for the EPA] Reference
Who hears the last shriek from the sinking bark. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
A metal 'shriek' is a painful, honest expression - but how can it be honest if it is recorded over and over until it sounds correct?. From Wordnik.com. [brooklynvegan] Reference
'Mid trooping ghosts with fearful shriek she raves. From Wordnik.com. [The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse] Reference
He heard the accordion doors to the closet shriek open. From Wordnik.com. [The Get-Up] Reference
The shriek of the alarm was harsh with nothing to cover it. From Wordnik.com. [To Be A Child (Part III of III)] Reference
"'I don't want to look like her,'" my sister would shriek. From Wordnik.com. [Ellis Weiner: Happy-ish New Year] Reference
She obeyed but immediately drew them back with a loud shriek. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Remember when Pontiac ads used to shriek "We Build Excitement"?. From Wordnik.com. [From the logbook: Pontiac G6 V6] Reference
And then, at the moment of death, the women present would shriek. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Payne: Lady Gaga and the Episode with the Meat] Reference
Immediately she lifted up her voice in a thin, querulous shriek. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The proximity of her painted nails made my heart shriek even louder. From Wordnik.com. [Bubble Bath] Reference
Declan from Fresh Produce sits down and his chair gives off a shriek. From Wordnik.com. [David Mitchell Muggins Here] Reference
Liberals shriek as they watch business lobbyists help draft the bills. From Wordnik.com. [Half Time At The Revolution] Reference
She pulled out a dress and they both let out a loud shriek of excitement. From Wordnik.com. [WHIPS, TEARS AND BLOOD:] Reference
She let out a shriek and smacked the edge of the counter with her fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Vitamins] Reference
When water bursts from your nose and mouth, you both shriek with laughter. From Wordnik.com. ["You Go"] Reference
Lord love you! shriek after shriek, I expected to see the roof took off. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Before they could talk much longer, they heard a shriek from inside the room. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Verbal First Aid: Words As Medicine] Reference
He gave out a high pitched shriek, which grated like nails on a chalkboard. From Wordnik.com. [The Kiss] Reference
And even the way in one of the songs, I think it's "Skyscrapers," you shriek. From Wordnik.com. [OK Go Adds A Little 'Purple Rain' For 'Colour'] Reference
She would shriek, and groan, and weep, but it did not affect him in the least. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
They were suddenly startled by a shriek, and knew it must be from their mother. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
One would have deemed it the despairing shriek of a human being under the knife of. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He bolted with a shriek of true terror, bawling and screaming until he was out of sight. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Symmetry] Reference
Also during the day, Maria Sharapova lets loose the first shriek in a possible title run. From Wordnik.com. [Late Fireworks From Federer] Reference
He had hardly opened the door, when he drew back uttering a shriek of horror and distress. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A terrible shriek rent the air and the cat jumped, nimbly avoiding a wildly flailing mitt. From Wordnik.com. [Pigeon Post] Reference
It was the shriek of a large number of steam whistles, and seemed to come up from every side. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
A cry of pain or distress usually begins with an inward gasp followed by a long, rising shriek. From Wordnik.com. [A Bundle Of Emotions] Reference
shriek after shriek burst from him, and rang wildly, piercingly, thrillingly upon the air of night. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
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