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Word: shrieked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Others aren't so fortunate. "This girl named Allie was stumbling between groups of students next to Out-of-Town News, holding a bottle of vodka. She would find some people she vaguely recognized, thrust out her bottle, and in a squeaky voice, shriek, `Who wants a sip of Allie's Vodka? You want a sip of Allie's vodka!' Until a large police officer grunted, `I want a sip of Allie's Vodka!' and confiscated the bottle." recalls Exonian Matt Johnson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Better Dead than Head | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...huge bass line and bottomless saxophones back up Richards and the unidentified female vocalist who sings the high notes. Standing in for the honky-tonk harmonica from the original studio version is a gut-wrenching menace that can barely shriek loudly enough to be audible over the constant pounding of the bass, drums and Richards' amazingly continuous guitar choruses...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Supersingle Shows Richards Hasn't Lost Energetic Touch | 8/20/1993 | See Source »

...away the improbable series of events, and this is lacking in this production. At many points, Haahr ceases to be lovable and becomes merely annoying. Selig and Haahr spend too much time wandering around the set with no apparent purpose, screaming their lines at each other in an excited shriek. Both characters often seem to be engaged less in witty verbal sparring than in shrewish quarreling. The fault here lies with director Alexander Franklin and Elisabeth Mayer, who seem to lose control of the play's pace. The dialogue moves beyond hectic into overload. The tension and excitement, rather than...

Author: By Jeannette A. Vargas, | Title: Not Quite A Night to Remember | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

EVEN WITH THE LIKES OF WOODY Allen and Mia Farrow on the witness stand, Room 341 of the State Supreme Court building in lower Manhattan can seldom be described as "hushed." The din of construction work and the shriek of police sirens outside easily penetrate the courtroom windows. The government-issue wooden chairs pop and creak when their occupants change position, which, given the occasional lulls of legalese, happens regularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scenes From Parenthood | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

...fans yell, shriek, and threaten to topple the upper deck. Ours can barely spit...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Bleak Seats at the Garden | 2/9/1993 | See Source »

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