piercing cry
Frequency: 7.09.1 per million words
a very loud, high, and unpleasant cry
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Examples (10)
- A piercing cry broke the silence of the night.
- The child's piercing cry signaled something was wrong.
- From the dense forest came a piercing cry of an animal.
- She let out a piercing cry of anguish when she heard the news.
- A sudden, piercing cry startled everyone in the room.
- The victim's piercing cry echoed through the empty hall.
- We heard a piercing cry for help from across the lake.
- His piercing cry of pain made everyone wince.
- The baby's piercing cry filled the hospital ward.
- Even from a distance, her piercing cry was unmistakable.