screeching

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They were screeching--screeching--screeching!--and they looked so nice and so plump that I could smell them, as if they were stewing in a casserole, till I began to get as hungry as a gamin.

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  • Finally the harpy's mouth got dry from her hot screeching, and she was forced to take a drink from the spring. —  The Dastard
  • The small fellows stopped their insensate screeching, and in grim silence gathered up their dead This quiet fooled Kettler and his men into trying to make a break from their knoll, which was a bad move indeed, for they were set upon fiercely, lost two men, and were glad to get back in the open where their guns could be used most effectively. —  029 - Quest of Qui
  • There was a medley of screeching, and a grimy feather drifted down. —  Harpy Thyme
  • Some of them barely got beyond the opening when they collapsed, screeching, and slowly became unconscious from the effects of the gas on their skin. —  076 - The Flaming Falcons
  • Cables creaking and screeching, the dig-claws began to descend. —  Death Gate Cycle 1 - Dragon Wing
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