Shrieks

Examples

• She never abated the piercing quality of her shrieks, never stumbled in the distinctness or the order of her words. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• There had been shrieks from among the women convicts; but they had been stilled, and a hush had succeeded. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The dress of this person was that of a soldier, but the bared neck and arms, and the continued shrieks discovered a female thus disguised. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Since they try to frighten wild animals or their enemies by shrieks, beating of gongs, brandishing of weapons, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The shrieks and the cries were audible there, though subdued by the distance. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Think you, amidst the shrieks of violated innocence and helpless infancy, I did not feel in every nerve the cry of a fellow being? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The dying shrieks and groans of the murdered will often sound in your ears. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• With unearthly howls and shrieks, a l'Indien, he pranced about the room, incidentally giving Edison a scare that made him jump up from his work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• With frightened shrieks they wheeled once more and plunged on in their efforts to escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Even ignorant infancy appeared with timorous shrieks and convulsions to acknowledge the presence of unseen powers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This was understood to terminate the Course for the evening, and we emerged into the air with shrieks of intellectual victory. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Every room and gallery of the house resounded with sobs and shrieks of despair. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Some thick old hangings had been nailed up before the windows, to deaden the sound of the shrieks. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Stop where you are, or I'll make shrieks enough to wake the dead! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• To laugh outright, and tear my hair, and roll upon the ground with shrieks of merriment. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• What went on there, Meg could not see, but shrieks of laughter were heard, followed by the murmur of voices and a great flapping of newspapers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Her eyes were dilated and wild, and she constantly uttered piercing shrieks, and repeated the words, 'My husband, my father, and my brother! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When I lie awake, I can sometimes hear strange shrieks and cries from distant parts of this large place. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At length the apes spied the huddled knot of terror-stricken maidens and with demoniacal shrieks of bestial frenzy, charged upon them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• With shrieks of rage the demons sprang for us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants, and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.

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