Screaming
['skriːmɪŋ] or ['skrimɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) so extremely intense as to evoke screams; 'in screaming agony'; 'a screaming rage' .
(adj.) resembling a scream in effect; 'screaming headlines'; 'screaming colors and designs' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scream
(a.) Uttering screams; shrieking.
(a.) Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
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Examples
- And I was stamping my foot and screaming, when he first took notice of me; was I? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, a score of others ran into the midst of these, beating their breasts, tearing their hair, and screaming, Foulon alive! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The dolls' dressmaker found it delicious to trace the screaming and smarting of Little Eyes in the distorted writing of this epistle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And what said Tingling-Tossing-Aching-Screaming-Scratching-Smarter? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A screaming, gibbering maniac writhed in my grasp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And if I hear you for half a minute longer, the dog shall have such a grip on your throat as'll tear some of that screaming voice out. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mrs. Gill was still screaming when I came to my senses. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The girl was taken to her room, still screaming and sobbing, while I made inquiries about Brunton. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Fanny had returned, screaming up-stairs as if pursued at every step, and had thrown herself in hysterical sobbing on the sofa. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I am not a fanciful person, but I give you my word that I seemed to hear Moriarty's voice screaming at me out of the abyss. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- My dear,' said the terrified Pott, 'I didn't say I believed it;--I--' but the unfortunate man's voice was drowned in the screaming of his partner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I threw myself, screaming, against the door, and dragged with my nails at the lock. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I thought somebody was screaming. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And then again came the child's high, screaming voice, with a note of weeping and impatience in it now: 'Di--Oh Di--Oh Di--Di--! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It would wail in its cradle all night long--not screaming heartily like any other child, but whimpering and moaning. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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