Citations:shrieked
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English citations of shrieked
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- 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
- He turned on hearing a noise, and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable.
- One of the best of these I entered, but I had hardly placed my foot within the door before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted.
- Sometimes he commanded his countenance and tones and related the most horrible incidents with a tranquil voice, suppressing every mark of agitation; then, like a volcano bursting forth, his face would suddenly change to an expression of the wildest rage as he shrieked out imprecations on his persecutor.