bloodcurdling

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Just be thankful it hasn't got the sound of someone digging a grave like the bloodcurdling 'Tup's Fold' from the duo's debut album 'We Lowered A Microphone Into The Ground'.

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  • Unaccustomed to mountain driving, he found it a bloodcurdling ordeal. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_13_The_Cat_Who_Moved_a_Mountain
  • It would not have mattered to Long Tom if it had been The man had breath enough left for a bloodcurdling scream as he got his first glimpse of several hundred feet of very empty air Long Tom got to his feet. —  053 - He Could Stop the World
  • They got a bloodcurdling, hair-curling description of the black ghost which Serge Mafnoff had become. —  068 - Fortress Of Solitude
  • Just be thankful it hasn't got the sound of someone digging a grave like the bloodcurdling 'Tup's Fold' from the duo's debut album 'We Lowered A Microphone Into The Ground'. —  The Devil Has The Best Tuna
  • According to Global Ontario, witnesses recalled a bloodcurdling scream and saw a young woman flee from the home early yesterday. —  Top Stories - Google News
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