Shrieks, shrill cries

Usage examples of screams.

I heard screams that can only be heard and not described, but they might have been from earlier sections of the nightmare.

There was a spate of screams and angry protests from those discommoded which settled into an ominous murmur.

Together they went up into a torch of blue flame, burning fast and hotly with only the echo of screams of unutterable agony to mark their death.

Kai watched as Terilla was swung, her screams diminishing to mere gasps.

Through all this Sass managed not to tremble visibly, or cry, although she could feel the screams tearing at her from inside.

Helpless, she heard the hysterical screams of his three companions as they writhed in the awful heat.

There were screams around her and, with an almost superhuman effort of will, she bit her lips, determined that she would not cry mercy from whatever was happening as the crewmen did.

Despite the thick stone walls the screams and bellows continued, the sound altering slightly as Chalkin was hauled out of the Hold and down the courtyard steps.

We heard several grunts from the mare, no screams or long ululating cries, no weeping and complaining about her lot, or cursing the man who brought her to this condition.

Robinton could hear slapping and more screams and groans as the cook evidently vented his feelings on his helpless drudges.

The claxon rang belatedly from the Tower, and from within the kitchen there issued the screams and shrieks of the terrified drudges.

The Hatching Ground rang with cheers, yells, screams, and howls of exultation.

The raucous screams of the two lizards added cacophony and Kylara and Meron had all they could do to soothe their creatures.

The air was full of dragon wings now, the screams of frightened women counterpointing the curses of men.

She paid no attention to the screams of the other queens, the circling bronzes.