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A cricket will at times be unaffected by any sound, however loud, while at the slightest "screek" or chirp of its own species, no matter how faint, it will start its own little tune in all excitement.

The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919

"screek" of the guinea-fowl; the more sonorous call of the turkey

The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850

And as she burst into the old butler's bedroom the girl wailed, and stopped, and turned away; and just as the Queens sprang to the big brass bed to stoop over Peter Burroughs, the old-fashioned single-alarm clock on the nightstand uttered a last peevish screek and went as dead as its owner.

The Body Ricardo 2010

I love the ambient hush, and the screek-crunch sound snow makes when you walk on it.

Snow! In Winter! Amazing! « Whatever 2007

And as she burst into the old butler's bedroom the girl wailed, and stopped, and turned away; and just as the Queens sprang to the big brass bed to stoop over Peter Burroughs, the old-fashioned single-alarm clock on the nightstand uttered a last peevish screek and went as dead as its owner.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

In the first place he is nearly the same color as the brown and gray bark upon which he creeps, the white under parts being quite hidden, and his call, which is the only note that is commonly heard, is only a little sharp squeaky 'screek, screek,' given as he winds his way up and around a tree-trunk, in the same way as a person would go up a circular staircase.

Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870