Shrieked

Examples

• One of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Women and children shrieked, and men encouraged each other with noisy shouts and cheers. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The slave girls upon the dais shrieked and cowered away. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Miss Havisham quite shrieked, as she stretched out her arms. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He struggled, and shrieked for water--for but one drop of water to save his life! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Strap him to that pillar, he shrieked. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Men groaned, and clasped their hands; women shrieked, and turned away their faces. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He will overpower the English, shrieked Isidor to his master, and will be here to-night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Go on, go on,' almost shrieked the old gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I have been shrieked at through the streets. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I'm Cap'n here, though, I'll have you to understand, you swab, shrieked Snipes, with a volley of frightful oaths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The wounded man writhed and shrieked upon the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Apparently so long an interval ensued with the men at the windlass standing idle, that some women shrieked that another accident had happened! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As the knife sank deep into its body the gorilla shrieked in pain and rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It is for me to ask you that, he shrieked, you thieves! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mrs. Micawber shrieked, and folded Mr. Micawber in her embrace. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And that was why she shrieked and fainted when she saw the coronet, cried Mr. Holder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Why, he shrieked, you're looking at the wrong side! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I neither fled nor shrieked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Now the mother's natural hauteur became self-conscious, and the girls shrieked again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The next moment, I almost shrieked--almost, but not quite, thank Heaven! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The women and children shrieked their delight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Let 'em alone except they shrieked, and then I'd soon quieten 'em. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is all over, he shrieked to Jos. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The President rang his bell; but, The Vengeance, warming with encouragement, shrieked, I defy that bell! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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