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Example sentences for "squealing"

Lexicographically close words:
squeakings; squeaks; squeaky; squeal; squealed; squeals; squeamish; squeamishness; squeegee; squeeze
  1. He would have got out if he could, but to move was to discover more pins, and he just had to keep where he was, squealing fit to burst.

  2. He was squealing in a most loud and public-spirited fashion from between Pharaoh's jaws, and it was the cat who was swimming.

  3. The wind blew furiously; I heard the gulls squealing in the sky, the far thunder of the surf.

  4. Suddenly a shell fell and burst in the yard outside; there was a cry, a rush of trainmen, a gendarme shouting; then the piercing alarm notes of locomotives, squealing like terrified leviathans.

  5. Certainly, governor," he stammered, and spoke to the camel politely, guiding that enraged and squealing quadruped to his manger with a forced smile.

  6. Speed turned; the elephant was squealing and thrusting out a prehensile trunk among the people.

  7. Finally, squealing and weeping, the camel moved off, while his erstwhile sympathizers regarded him blandly and unmoved, seeing that they were not disturbed, but permitted to munch in peace the remains of a meal.

  8. The operation was attended with much squealing and groaning.

  9. Squealing and chirping with rage, with his soft fur fluffed up all over his sleek body, he came out into the sunlight.

  10. A rat would have lost its head and, running itself to a standstill, met its death frothing and squealing in mortal terror.

  11. From a wet meadow a company of rusty blackbirds, with short tails and white eyes, sang together like a flock of creaking wheelbarrows, with single split notes sounding constantly above the squealing chorus.

  12. At such a sight the smaller cottontail rabbit would have run a short distance, and would then have crouched in the snow, squealing in fear of its approaching death.

  13. A gray old rat, ordinarily a grim cynical fighter with no nerves to speak of, will run squealing in terror from before a weasel; while a rabbit, when it sees the red death on his trail, forgets his swiftness and cowers on the ground.

  14. While I was working this morning there was a continual sound of squealing pigs.

  15. The squealing of them filled the morning air.

  16. Nevertheless, consternation had descended upon the camp, one day, when three hundred kicking, squealing American bronchos had been detrained and placed at their service.

  17. So it rushed at the bread, swallowed it, and began to squeal; it turned round and round and ran away, squealing as it ran out of sight.

  18. He ran away squealing and you thought he’d swallowed it.

  19. You must remember, too, that elephants rarely see monkeys because monkeys are above the elephants most of the time, jumping and squealing among the trees in a manner most annoying to a quiet and sedate creature like an elephant.

  20. I heard the squealing of Kari, and I knew it was his trunk about my neck.

  21. Maisie said nothing, but she felt grateful that there was no chance of disputing with this big man who took everything for granted and managed a squealing horse with one hand.

  22. There was a sound of light-hearted kicking on the iron skin of the rear trucks, with squealing and grunting.

  23. At that moment from farther in a fluttering and squealing sound was heard, and Ned started back.

  24. But in the next two hours' weary struggle among trees, rocks, and waving creepers they only heard pigs once, and then it was as they dashed off unseen, grunting and squealing wildly.

  25. For full ten minutes was the wild chorus kept up, the mare all the time squealing like a stuck pig; while the dog responded in a series of lugubrious howls, that reverberated along the cliffs on both sides of the creek.

  26. It isn't the mice squealing at all that you hear, but the birds singing and the brook running.

  27. It is the embodied demon that really suffers, howling in the beaten dog and squealing in the butchered pig.

  28. Captain Gillespie as soon as some of the hands had clambered up on top of the deck-house and released their comrade from the companionship of the pigs, who were grunting and squealing at his unexpected descent in their midst.

  29. But, there was no one to be seen either on top of the deck-house or in the long-boat, although the squealing still continued.

  30. Dock rats," said De Clare, and then as though the devil guided them to protect his own, two huge rats scurried upward from between the loose boards, and ran squealing up the dark alley.

  31. And so the battle went on again as before, the boy again drawing the iron neck slowly to the right--the beast fighting and squealing as though possessed of a thousand devils.

  32. They tried to groan and beg for mercy, but forthwith emitted the most awful grunting and squealing that ever came out of swinish throats.

  33. When he approached the sty, two and twenty enormous swine separated themselves from the herd, and scampered towards him, with such a chorus of horrible squealing as made him clap both hands to his ears.

  34. This so excited the dear creature that in one or two delicious wriggles on my stationary prick, and with a pressure that seemed as if it would nip it off, she spent profusely, squealing all the time like a rabbit.

  35. We had no difficulty in hilting ourselves to the cods in both apertures, but so excited was the Nichols that with the mere throbbings of our pricks on completely housing ourselves, she spent, squealing like a rabbit.

  36. The horn-leg ropes were loosened so the unicorns could travel, and the unicorns went into a frenzy of bucking and rearing, squealing with rage as they tried to impale their riders.

  37. For a little while the area inside the stockade would be filled with dust, with the squealing of the swirling, charging unicorns and the screams of the dying.

  38. The answer came in a savage, squealing scream and the pound of cloven hooves.

  39. The blue star was lighting the night like a small sun when the breeze coming through Schroeder's window brought the distant squealing of unicorns.

  40. They charged at once, squealing with anticipation.

  41. They came twenty from the east and twenty from the west in a thunder of hooves, squealing and screaming in their blood lust, with prowlers a black wave going before them.

  42. It watched him from a distance for a little while, squealing and shaking its head in baffled fury.

  43. However, he did not care to suffer with him, and squealing dismally, he planted himself near the delinquent stove.

  44. Gippie, squealing and complaining, followed behind as well as he was able, but finally, becoming stuck in a drift, gave a despairing yell and disappeared.

  45. We passed farm yards where milking was in progress, and occasional bursts of fierce squealing announced the feeding of pigs.

  46. The earth seemed to spring up under me and around me, as a drove of half-grown pigs that had taken shelter from the cold in the dry leaves began to scatter, squealing and "whoofing.

  47. A furious squealing broke out among the trees behind them, and then a rabbit tumbled out of a bush, made a short scuttling run, and rolled over in a heap.

  48. Close at its heels came the bloodthirsty little weasel in full pursuit, sprang on its prey once more, and fixed its teeth in the back of the rabbit's head, when the squealing broke forth anew.

  49. But there was a sound of woe in the air, and a squealing as of a coati in despair, and the next moment Nasna was crouching in the farthest corner of the room, holding her wounded nose in both hands, and sneezing violently.

  50. First we heard a diminution of sound from one direction, then a hasty scuffling and a happy grunting beneath us and, as the conveyors moved swiftly on, the squealing receded into the distance like the dying roar of a retreating storm.

  51. As the door of the elevator shaft slid open, a vast squealing and grunting assaulted our ears.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "squealing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.