Screamed

Examples

• I wish you could ha' heard how the women screamed, Sammy, ven they picked up the shepherd from underneath the table--Hollo! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Theresa down from the room above. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• How the women screamed! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He would at least have screamed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was the huge famished brute, its black muzzle buried in Rucastle's throat, while he writhed and screamed upon the ground. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I have a vision of a dark, frantic face, of a woman's voice, which screamed in French, 'My waiting is not in vain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• One cheer more,' screamed the little fugleman in the balcony, and out shouted the mob again, as if lungs were cast-iron, with steel works. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Now, Mr. Sawyer,' screamed the shrill voice of Mrs. Raddle, 'are them brutes going? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There he called his wife, and showed me to her; but she screamed and ran back, as women in England do at the sight of a toad or a spider. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• So she asked what she should use for new heads, since the old ones were lost, and all the geese opened their hundred mouths and screamed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• No wonder Miss Rachel was fascinated: no wonder her cousins screamed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You're in the plot--you made him marry, thinking that I'd leave my money from him--you did, Martha, the poor old lady screamed in hysteric sentences. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She has screamed out on purpose, declared Abbot, in some disgust. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Also it would seem he screamed when the executioner removed his bandages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I held his hand, and then he screamed and kicked and ran to his father, and told him that I was fighting him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• So the lady screamed, and Mr. Pickwick started. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mrs. Bardell screamed violently; Tommy roared; Mrs. Cluppins shrunk within herself; and Mrs. Sanders made off, without more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Our eight sprang in at the same time that another party of pilgrims did, and nobody screamed once. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Pauline would have screamed, but that her cry would have called her masters, and discovered her friend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The wind howled and screamed at the windows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Outside the wind still screamed and the rain splashed and pattered against the windows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The cook and housemaid screamed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I would have screamed, but from a dread of what might follow. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Count, count,' screamed Mrs. Leo Hunter to a well-whiskered individual in a foreign uniform, who was passing by. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Oliver ran one way; and the girl ran another; and Mrs. Bedwin stood on the step and screamed for the boy; but there was no boy in sight. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Becky screamed with laughter--Un biglietto, she sang out with Rosina, eccolo qua! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The poor woman screamed with apprehension, and all rose, as by a general impulse, while they dragged him unresisting from the place. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I screamed in reply. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Damn you, he screamed out. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Miss Jane screamed so loud, ma'am, pleaded Bessie. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Editor: Zeke