stifled scream
Frequency: 6.24.5 per million words
A scream that someone tries to stop.
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Examples (20)
- She bit her lip, trying to hold back a stifled scream.
- She covered her mouth, a stifled scream escaping only as a whimper.
- A stifled scream escaped her lips as the horror unfolded.
- A stifled scream of terror rose in her throat, but she swallowed it back.
- He heard a faint, stifled scream from the locked room.
- He heard a faint, stifled scream from the abandoned house.
- The pain was so intense, she let out a short, stifled scream.
- The horror of the scene drew a stifled scream from the witness.
- In the silence, his stifled scream was almost imperceptible.
- Trying not to wake anyone, she let out a stifled scream into her pillow.
- The victim's stifled scream was the only sound in the dark alley.
- Even in her dream, her stifled scream felt real.
- She buried her face in the pillow, letting out a stifled scream of frustration.
- A sudden noise made him jump, and a stifled scream caught in his chest.
- A stifled scream of terror rose in her throat, but she swallowed it back.
- The child's stifled scream was barely audible, yet full of pain.
- He could feel the stifled scream building up inside him.
- She managed to suppress the urge to let out a full scream, producing only a stifled scream.
- The sudden shock elicited a stifled scream from the audience.
- If he hadn't covered her mouth, a loud scream would have replaced her stifled scream.