SQUEAL in a Sentence

Learn SQUEAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

26 example sentences for SQUEAL, such as:

1. I heard a girl squeal in that room.
2. Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
3. I did hear something squealing in the garden.
4. The boy uttered a squeal of pain as the stick cut his thigh.
5. We could hear the piglets squealing as we entered the farmyard.

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Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
squeal
 v.  utter a long, high-pitched cry or noise
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  Ellen had stressed this at great length after catching Frank's lieutenant swinging Scarlett in the garden swing and making her squeal with laughter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
2  Then he begun to squeal like a rat and run about wringin his hands.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
3  One could not stand and watch very long without becoming philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog squeal of the universe.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  Laurie screwed up his face and obeyed with a gingerly peck at each little cheek that produced another laugh, and made the babies squeal.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
5  The boy uttered a squeal of pain as the stick cut his thigh.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
6  Thus then were they shut up squealing, and Circe threw them some acorns and beech masts such as pigs eat, but Eurylochus hurried back to tell me about the sad fate of our comrades.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
7  In an arch under the dresser reposed a huge, liver-coloured bitch pointer, surrounded by a swarm of squealing puppies; and other dogs haunted other recesses.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  A pang went through her as she heard an agonized squealing which was suddenly stilled by a pistol shot and she knew that the sow was dead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
9  When she put him into the basin he sat in the midst of it and grinned, splashing the water over himself and squealing like a little pig.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
10  Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
11  I did hear something squealing in the garden.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXXIII
12  Occasionally when the slight breeze veered, puffs of smoke from the long barbecue pits floated over the crowd and were greeted with squeals of mock dismay from the ladies and violent flappings of palmetto fans.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  We heard squeals, and looking up saw Antonia and her mother coming on the run.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
14  There were high squeals and low squeals, grunts, and wails of agony; there would come a momentary lull, and then a fresh outburst, louder than ever, surging up to a deafening climax.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  Neither squeals of hogs nor tears of visitors made any difference to them; one by one they hooked up the hogs, and one by one with a swift stroke they slit their throats.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence:
1  I heard a girl squeal in that room.
2  Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
3  We could hear the piglets squealing as we entered the farmyard.
4  I wasn't particularly stoic when I had my flu shot; I squealed like a stuck pig.