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  • noun Plural form of shriekfest.

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Examples

  • •Volume counseling for today's juniors, along with warnings from chair umpire for hindrance, to avoid shriekfests at the highest levels in the future.

    NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY 2012

  • Among his other wishes: consistent enforcement of the pace-of-play rule, lowering the volume on shriekfests, a healthy return for Venus Williams, and faster courts to restore variety and keep net play from becoming extinct.

    NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2012

  • Little things us boring normals would shrug off -- like a missed bus or parking ticket -- become monumental shriekfests.

    CNN.com 2009

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