shriek's Usage Examples:

Instead, she was greeted by shrieks from Martha and Gladys, causing her to drop the poor creature and flee in terror, stark contrast to her anticipated moment of glory.

So may the Devil I Respite their souls from Heaven!"; Hellas, 657, "Bask in the [deep] blue noon divine"; Julian and Maddalo, 218, where "Moans, shrieks, and curses, and blaspheming prayers" is absent in the earlier editions though required for the rhyme; so lines 299-301 of the Letter to Maria Gisborne.

The whistling sound of the runners on the snow and the voices of girls shrieking were heard from different sides.

Yes; if I have a sin, a great sin, it is hatred of that vile woman! almost shrieked the princess, now quite changed.

Sandhill cranes have a cry similar to the shriek reported in the Mothman sightings.

Then, these near silent sobs would have turned to shrieks of anguish while I made the young beauty my own.

The child may burst into tears if an unknown person makes eye contact or shriek if left even momentarily in the care of an unfamiliar person.

So what the hell am I supposed to do when finding myself stuck on a rollercoaster with shrieking children making me crazy?From an elevated tee, the green was just 116 yards away from the white tees with a vertical drop worthy of any rollercoaster.

There was a loud shriek from a woman behind.

"Give me the damn light!" she shrieked, her anger overcoming her fear as she grabbed for the flashlight.

They were astonished when a gigantic gray creature rose up, shrieking into the night.

All this naked white human flesh, laughing and shrieking, floundered about in that dirty pool like carp stuffed into a watering can, and the suggestion of merriment in that floundering mass rendered it specially pathetic.

The boy had clambered across her bed, shrieked happily, and chased the cat under the bed.

Synonyms:

call, screech, shrieking, screeching, outcry, shout, scream, vociferation, cry, screaming, yell,

Antonyms:

beseeching, colorless, low, laugh, whisper,