strangled scream
Frequency: 6.03.9 per million words
A scream that is cut off or incomplete.
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Examples (20)
- He let out a strangled scream as the monster lunged from the shadows.
- A strangled scream escaped her lips as she saw the figure in the darkness.
- A faint, strangled scream could be heard from the locked room.
- He heard a strangled scream from the alleyway, followed by an eerie silence.
- Her attempt to call for help resulted in only a strangled scream.
- The sudden shock made her emit a strangled scream that quickly faded.
- The hand clamped over her mouth, muffling what would have been a full-blown scream into a strangled one.
- Fear choked her voice, and only a strangled scream emerged.
- He woke up in a cold sweat, haunted by the memory of a strangled scream from his dream.
- The victim's strangled scream was barely audible through the thick walls.
- Despite her terror, she managed to suppress most of her fear, emitting only a small, strangled scream.
- As the monster lunged, a strangled scream tore from her throat.
- The detective noted the sudden silence after a brief, strangled scream.
- She tried to shout, but it came out as a weak, strangled scream.
- A strangled scream escaped his lips as the sharp pain pierced through him.
- A strangled scream of terror echoed through the empty house.
- The sound was not a clear cry, but rather a desperate, strangled scream.
- His last sound was a desperate, strangled scream before he fell.
- She heard a distant, almost imperceptible strangled scream in the dead of night.
- The doctor heard a strangled scream from the operating room.