Sentence examples for screeching from inspiring English sources
'screeching' is a correct and commonly used word in written English
It is an adjective that means to make a loud, high-pitched and unpleasant noise. Example: The screeching sound of the ambulance siren could be heard from miles away, causing everyone on the street to cover their ears. You can use 'screeching' to describe any noise that is high-pitched and unpleasant, such as a car braking suddenly, a baby crying loudly, or even a rusty door hinge. It can also be used to describe a person's voice if it is shrill or piercing.
verb
Present participle of screech
Given the absence of most Labor policies and the screeching change of direction by the government, I'm not sure the contrast on economic and fiscal policy is actually at all clear, but the raw political strategy certainly is.
Luckily, I have a big, red rotary dial phone, so I'm screeching into a lovely, solid chunk of plastic.
I was walking down the street the other day when two men in a car came to a screeching stop just to yell at me.
The three-hour display of some of the men and materiel of Pakistan's lavishly resourced military included representatives of all three services, fly pasts by screeching fighter jets and processions of missile launchers and tanks.
Izbicki remembers that the violence seemed to particularly delight one old woman who limped past a Jewish-owned shop, screeching: "Dirty Jews!
His outfits are so ghastly they bring on a sort of synaesthesia: I can hear his wardrobe: the jangling, floral-print shirts, the screeching leather blazers (Mr Byrite, autumn/winter collection 1978), the clanging boot-cut jeans.
Minutes earlier two vehicles had screeched up outside the front of Westgate and a dozen gunmen, and at least one woman, jumped out.
"I'm like an extra from that Call The Midwife," screeched EastEnders' Sonia.
They won 2-1 at Espanyol last weekend but had been beaten in Málaga the Monday before, prompting Super Deporte to screech "Where are Valencia?" Now they were drawing 0-0 with Getafe at half-time.
"Get your baps out then Sonia, get in your paddling pool, play plinky plonky music while you pass a bowling ball," she screeched.
As the song came on, the Mexican host screeched in horror and rushed to get it changed.
