screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ 
Examples of screeching in a Sentence
the screeching blast of the factory whistle hurt my ears
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But that came to a screeching halt during a winter ski trip with his family when Quesnell suffered a compression fracture of a vertebra in his back and a break in the bottom right loop of his hip.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
The game came to a screeching halt in the top of the sixth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
The game came to a screeching halt in the top of the sixth.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 May 2025
However, progress came to a screeching halt last week.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 7 May 2025
One county official told residents to consider removing the speed bumps along part of the truck route, so the trucks don’t have to brake and make a screeching sound.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for screeching
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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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screeching
adjective
screech·ing
ˈskrē-chiŋ
: sudden sense 1a
her career came to a screeching halt
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