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• n  sharp piercing cry
• n  a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
• v  utter a shrill cry

• He sucks his fingers for comfort, but, finding no solace, his mouth crumples, his body stiffens, and he lets rip an almighty shriek of distress.
• Only the delayed shriek of jet formations broke the silence.
• The shriek of Sherron Watkins' letter didn't reach public ears until five months after she wrote it, and even in August concerns like hers seem to have been old news in corner .

• scream
• screaming
• shrieking
• screech
• screeching
• shrill
• pipe up
• pipe

News & Articles

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• Klugo: Ex-Bresee's work 'on pace'
  The shriek of a saw and other construction noises echoed through the former Bresee's building on Main Street on Tuesday morning.
  June 19, 2013 - The Daily Star
• Hiroo Nagahara Popping Up At Parallel 37
  Chef Hiroo Nagahara , he of The Chairman Truck , will join Chef Michael Rotondo at Parallel 37 . What's a food truck chef doing with a Ritz-Carlton chef, you shriek? Shhh. Before moving to San Francisco, the two worked together at Charlie Trotter's in Las Vegas. They're lke the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck of the gastronomic scene, basically. Buds. Bros. Champs. [ more › ]
  June 18, 2013 - SFist
• RiverRush: Dollywood's newest
  At Dollywood's Splash Country, the Keys family of Sevierville, Tenn., shriek in unison as their four-person raft takes a stomach-churning, 25-foot plunge that makes mom Brooke's hair trail behind her like a kite tail. After splashing down, there's no time
  June 14, 2013 - Evansville Courier & Press

Quotes

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• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in International Herald Tribune
  Go to a stadium and shriek and scream at the top of your voice if you want to demonstrate,Abdullah said.
• Isla Fisher in Javno.hr
  Isla said: "Sacha is a wonderful, very attentive, constantly amusing and very hands-on. He's 10 out of 10 I'd say - and then some! He already makes Olive shriek with laughter."
• Sue Nicholls in The List
  She said: "Mainly people seem to think I'm Deirdre Barlow! They shriek at me, 'Deirdre! Deirdre!'. I think the public get confused because the names Audrey and Deirdre sound quite similar."