Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Piercing the ear, as a shrill or sharp sound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective extremely
loud (of sound) - noun A
piercing in theear .
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Examples
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I screamed, an ear-piercing scream, terrified that he was hurt, that . . .
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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I screamed, an ear-piercing scream, terrified that he was hurt, that . . .
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The skeptic in the Lakers jersey unleashes a volley of ear-piercing whistles, the sweet sound of approbation.
Music where they live: Singer Mary McBride's unconventional tour J. Freedom duLac 2011
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Below, Remy gave an ear-piercing screech and I jumped.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Then a picture-in-picture, with another brain dead reporter who has run out of things to say and decided to simply shove his mic into the faces of two women who emit ear-piercing, tribal screams.
November 7th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Skylarks add a constant, ear-piercing backing track.
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I held the phone up a few feet away from the dog while it screamed and rolled and bit at itself in ear-piercing agony.
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I held the phone up a few feet away from the dog while it screamed and rolled and bit at itself in ear-piercing agony.
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Below, Remy gave an ear-piercing screech and I jumped.
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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From down the hall he could hear the relentless sound of hammering and the shrill, ear-piercing whine of machines beginning to polish the marble floors.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
rolig commented on the word ear-piercing
"The shootings of seven people marred Fat Tuesday as ear-piercing gunfire set revelers ducking for cover and brought the final stream of truck floats to a horrifying halt."
From the caption on a Guardian photo showing a utility truck cleaning up after New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations.
Somehow this was not the use of "ear-piercing" I was expecting in a report on Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Very sad.
February 28, 2009