Screaming

Screaming

A shout, scream, yell, shriek, hoot, holler, vociferation, outcry, or bellow is a loud vocalization in which air is passed through the vocal folds with greater force than is used in regular or close-distance vocalization. Though technically this process can be performed by any creature possessing lungs, the preceding terms are usually applied specifically to human vocalization. There are slight differences in meaning amongst them; for example, "scream" and "shriek" generally refer to a higher-pitched sound, and a "hoot" usually does not involve words.

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Famous quotes containing the word screaming:

    Rise.
    Let us combine. There are no magics or elves
    Or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must
    Wizard a track through our own screaming weed.
    Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    The screaming silence of no’s knife in yes’s wound.
    Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that’s basically a conservative view of life.
    Jane Smiley (b. 1949)