Screech afterscreech echoed from the mountain side across the pond.
Queer what a noise a screech owl will make," the former remarked, after a moment's silence.
Miss Laura had ducked her head at the vicious scream of one shot, and started aside at the angry splash and wild screech of the other, then stood trembling from head to foot while she bit her lip in vexation at her weakness.
The Quartermaster's shrill whistle rang out in immediate response, and in reply a flame of fire leapt out from the darkness astern, followed by the screech of a shell.
They are called owls (striges) because they are accustomed to screech (stridere) by night.
Only a stridentscreech answered him, a screech vibrating with harsh mockery.
And when we left off, we heard a screechof metal going rustily and heavily upon its hinges.
When the moon was up, and we rode softly over the sod of alluvial ground, the only challenge we received was the screech of a Russian drinking-chorus round the corner of the trees.
It was the terrible screech of the monster which finally made Fatty jump.
A screech owl made a tremulous, eerie note, but even Jesse only laughed at that.
That very night, as they sat about their fire on their bed rolls, talking of their many trips together, they heard in the darkness not far away the tremulous note of a screech owl, repeated again a moment later.
That and his advances were answered by a frightened screech, a screech that moved rapidly to the right as it was emitted.
There was a screech from Farnese that ended in a gurgle, and suddenly the blood spurted from his neck as from a fountain.
Some of them are the Great Horned Owl, Screech Owl, Butcher Bird or Great Northern Shrike.
The bird, singled out for the dismal honour of being a death prognosticator, was the tawny, or screech owl.
The native was examining his prize in the torchlight, when, happening to come into collision with another plunderer, the concertina gave out a startling screech as if to atone for its days of idleness.
The Barn or Screech Owls are among the best known of the family, as they are found in nearly all parts of the globe.
All at once, above the wind and the steady roar of the furiously driven sand and alkali, Peggy thought she heard a wild screech or cry.
I commenced screeching, and I’d emphasize with a louder screech every lash of the cat-o’-nine tails that every little boy would get.
For of an enemy, beyond the jetting smoke puffs, and the very unpleasant screech of the missiles overhead, there was no outward and visible sign.
From the scorching stoniness of the hillside the screech of crickets rang out in endless vibration--varied now and again by the drowsy hum of winged insects, or the "coo" of a dove from the willows overhanging the dam.
Opposite, puffs of blue smoke were issuing from the dense scrub, and the whizzing screech of potleg or slug hummed viciously over the beleaguered four, and unpleasantly near their newly arrived allies.
Then the hoarse, rasping screech of the foghorn rent the night as the ship drove slowly through the smother, whose steamy folds blotted out the stars.
Suddenly from this region there arose a screech of the laughter peculiar to kitchen flirtation, followed by the clank of a bucket, the plunging of a horse, and then an uproar of wheels and galloping hoofs.
Hickey's renowned and blood-curdling screech was uplifted at the bottom of the covert.
