Definition of shrieking in English:
shrieking
adjective ˈʃriːkɪŋˈʃrikɪŋ
Making a high-pitched piercing cry or sound.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many on the left have reacted to him and his fellow evolutionists like a troop of shrieking baboons.
- He is frightened by the shrieking noises the tree makes at night.
- It spans musical emotions from the jagged shrieking solos of the sorceress to the seductive siren songs of the maidens.
- Several witnesses swore our newlyweds had a sustained ashrieking argument just before the unspeakable happened.
- Here is a business that has shrieking fanatics lining up around the block in the middle of the night to buy its product.
- There are about 200 excited, shrieking tots racing around.
- That lovely, silky, shrieking voice was pretty dreamy.
- Enter the oddly tiny, shrieking creatures with lasers strapped to their heads.
- They can talk quietly, knowing that they won't be drowned out by an army of shrieking teenyboppers.
- They glamorize death as an abstract expression of powder bursts and shrieking projectiles.
noun ˈʃriːkɪŋˈʃrikɪŋ
mass nounHigh-pitched piercing cries or sounds.
there is shrieking and yelling from both men and women
Example sentencesExamples
- This pronouncement was followed by further shrieking.
- If she had to listen to a minute more of their mindless chatter juxtaposed with Evie's ear-splitting shrieking, she might go mad.
- When the uproar finally died down, Eric heard the shrieking coming from the vent.
- I stopped the incessant shrieking and put the phone to my ear.
- Just as we'd all left the movie set, the distant sound of shrieking became audible.
- I scared her society friends by dropping from the ceiling onto her lap, and you never heard so much shrieking in your life.
- I would say it was more like panicked shrieking.
- No loud shrieking filled her ears, and so she continued.
- They huddled in their bathtub while their home crumbled around them in fierce winds that made a sound like shrieking.
- It can be heard in advance by loud shrieking, and may run around your legs with ropes and topple you.
Definition of shrieking in US English:
shrieking
adjectiveˈʃrikɪŋˈSHrēkiNG
Making a high-pitched piercing cry or sound.
Example sentencesExamples
- They can talk quietly, knowing that they won't be drowned out by an army of shrieking teenyboppers.
- He is frightened by the shrieking noises the tree makes at night.
- Many on the left have reacted to him and his fellow evolutionists like a troop of shrieking baboons.
- Enter the oddly tiny, shrieking creatures with lasers strapped to their heads.
- They glamorize death as an abstract expression of powder bursts and shrieking projectiles.
- There are about 200 excited, shrieking tots racing around.
- Here is a business that has shrieking fanatics lining up around the block in the middle of the night to buy its product.
- That lovely, silky, shrieking voice was pretty dreamy.
- Several witnesses swore our newlyweds had a sustained ashrieking argument just before the unspeakable happened.
- It spans musical emotions from the jagged shrieking solos of the sorceress to the seductive siren songs of the maidens.
nounˈʃrikɪŋˈSHrēkiNG
High-pitched piercing cries or sounds.
there is shrieking and yelling from both men and women
Example sentencesExamples
- It can be heard in advance by loud shrieking, and may run around your legs with ropes and topple you.
- No loud shrieking filled her ears, and so she continued.
- Just as we'd all left the movie set, the distant sound of shrieking became audible.
- This pronouncement was followed by further shrieking.
- I stopped the incessant shrieking and put the phone to my ear.
- I would say it was more like panicked shrieking.
- I scared her society friends by dropping from the ceiling onto her lap, and you never heard so much shrieking in your life.
- They huddled in their bathtub while their home crumbled around them in fierce winds that made a sound like shrieking.
- If she had to listen to a minute more of their mindless chatter juxtaposed with Evie's ear-splitting shrieking, she might go mad.
- When the uproar finally died down, Eric heard the shrieking coming from the vent.