Screaming is an English word with synonyms like screeching or shrieking. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Screaming in a sentence
Related words
Screaming meaning
present participle and gerund of scream
Synonyms of Screaming
Using Screaming
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of scream
- Useful related words include: screeching, shrieking, scream, shriek.
- In the example corpus, screaming often appears in combinations such as: screaming and, and screaming, screaming at.
Context around Screaming
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Screaming
- In this selection, "screaming" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stop, children, women, women, ruby and schoolchildren stand out and add context to how "screaming" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afghan girl screaming and an and and more screaming. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "screaming" sits close to words such as additions, finest and hispanic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with screaming
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And added: "He heard the voices of an Afghan girl screaming and an Army major screaming. (16 words)
It’s no good if new episode begins with plummeting and screaming and smashing and more screaming. (17 words)
And how many of us have agreed to even one extra dose of screaming lower back pain? (17 words)
Another video verified by The New York Times shows Hamas members driving off on a motorcycle with an Israeli woman squeezed between them, screaming as her boyfriend is marched off on foot, his arm wrenched behind his back. (38 words)
As a second earthquake occurred at 10:24 GMT, a camera operator for Turkish news channel A Haber could be seen running from a collapsing building in Malatya as screaming was heard in the background. (35 words)
My husband, who hadn't slept the whole night, got agitated by the screaming and said to me: 'Just try to suck it up a bit instead of screaming like this'. (31 words)
And how many of us have agreed to even one extra dose of screaming lower back pain? (17 words)
A poor man kills a rich man and then gets nightmares of the dead man pursuing him screaming: “Murderer! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
He wanted to tell him to shut his mouth and stop screaming, that screaming would not force the pedestrians to enter the bus.
My husband, who hadn't slept the whole night, got agitated by the screaming and said to me: 'Just try to suck it up a bit instead of screaming like this'.
Resident Qasim Mohab described the chaotic scene: “We went out and saw dust, children screaming, women screaming, and everyone went to the house that was struck.
He’s looking at Instagram, he’s screaming at his dad, screaming “at the referee” (the referee could be viewed as a metaphor for those who enforce the rules of society).
It’s no good if new episode begins with plummeting and screaming and smashing and more screaming.
And added: "He heard the voices of an Afghan girl screaming and an Army major screaming.
But whilst struggling being a single mum at home, Kirsty snaps at a screaming Ruby and starts screaming at her child to stop crying.
A few days earlier, I had barely survived a flight from Rome to Dublin without screaming in pain.
A 'major incident' has been declared in Derbyshire where footage showed a school bus flooding as screaming schoolchildren pull their legs up onto their seats.
And Alana worked with Cody’s family doctor to find medication that calmed Cody down and finally put an end to the screaming.
And as we concluded our conversation and walked out, we hear people running and screaming at us, saying, stay back, car bomb.
And how many of us have agreed to even one extra dose of screaming lower back pain?
And they were filming and screaming at us in Hebrew, Arabic and English, ‘Get off our land.
And when she realized that she was on camera, she was completely flustered, with her body language screaming that she was enjoying the views of her boyfriend’s opponent.
Another is a wacky picture with fire-breathing dragons, scary screaming cars and a weird little white man headbanging in the right corner.
Another video verified by The New York Times shows Hamas members driving off on a motorcycle with an Israeli woman squeezed between them, screaming as her boyfriend is marched off on foot, his arm wrenched behind his back.
A police captain said that emergency services arrived on the scene and found patrons “pouring out of the location screaming”.
A poor man kills a rich man and then gets nightmares of the dead man pursuing him screaming: “Murderer!
As a second earthquake occurred at 10:24 GMT, a camera operator for Turkish news channel A Haber could be seen running from a collapsing building in Malatya as screaming was heard in the background.
As the 33 drivers walk from the pagoda, past the whooping and screaming fans, and onto a stage to wave as their names are announced, they are rock stars.
Common combinations with screaming
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- screaming and 30×
- and screaming 22×
- screaming at 21×
- was screaming 15×
- of screaming 10×
- screaming for 10×
- started screaming 8×
- screaming in 7×
- the screaming 6×
- heard screaming 5×