2. Verb. (third-person singular of shriek) ¹
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Definition of Shrieks
1. shriek [v] - See also: shriek
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrieks
Literary usage of Shrieks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"The vulture shrieks with threefold power;— He knows the buttle nigh, ...
Deep silence shrouds the valley o'er ; He fulls ; — the raven shrieks amain ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"111 fares the bark with tackle riven, And ill when on the breakers driven, — 111
when the storm-sprite shrieks in air, And the scared mermaid tears her hair ..."
3. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"The maid from that Ш omen turn'd her eyes, And with loud shrieks and clamors rent
the skies, Nor knew what signified the boding sign, Bat found the pow'rs ..."
4. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
""WOUNDS, shrieks, AND TEARS" IN GOVERNMENT I CANNOT describe the horror and
disgust which I felt at hearing Mr. Perceval call upon the then Ministry for ..."
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