How to use "shriek" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "shriek" in popular movie and book plots

  • Since no one can shriek as loud as her or as piercingly as her, Henry gives her back the hook and she decides to eat something.  - Horrid Henry (book)
  • The others hear her shriek and rush to her.  - And Then There Were None (1945 film)
  • The cultists, who have gotten free and are looking for her, hear the shriek and are alerted to Carmen's location.  - The Shrine (film)
  • The gappers are so excited about the goats that they cling to them and emit a loud, high-pitched shriek of joy when they are on them.  - The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
  • Hector's cast explodes on Sylvester's leg, causing him to shriek in pain.  - Greedy for Tweety
  • They hear a mysterious, terrifying shriek on the walkie-talkie before they depart again.  - Area 51 (film)
  • Soon Poncia's shriek is heard.  - The House of Bernarda Alba
  • later that evening when she starts banging on his door, he does not open the door, and then he hears a shriek and a thud.  - Teesri Manzil
  • As Sally turns the light back on, the creatures shriek and retreat from the brightness into the bathroom cupboards where they disappear.  - Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973 film)
  • When the dragon is described as shrieking as it dies, a shriek is heard, again within the house.  - The Fall of the House of Usher
  • Klingons, however, find tribbles annoying, and the feeling is mutual: tribbles hiss and shriek whenever they are near Klingons.  - The Trouble with Tribbles
  • As the night falls and Adams and the stranger discourse on courage and duty, a shriek is heard.  - Joseph Andrews
  • As Henry and Waldman consider the monster's fate, they hear a shriek from the dungeon.  - Frankenstein (1931 film)

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