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Examples
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Achilles gets up; Thersites takes fright and runs; off stage sounds his deathcry as Achilles fells him with a blow.
The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966
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One old woman, hearing her son's deathcry, rashly looked out of her door.
Fighting France 1915
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One old woman, hearing her son's deathcry, rashly looked out of her door.
Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort Edith Wharton 1899
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