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Noun(1) (Irish folklore(2) (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death

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(1) a horrible banshee wail(2) the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee(3) The eerie wind began to sound like the wail of a banshee , the creaks and groans of the castle began to seem like footsteps stalking toward her.(4) It carried on wailing like a banshee for a good 5 minutes before I decided I couldn't take it anymore.(5) He heard the banshee wail of an incoming rocket and so instinctively he dove to the ground.(6) She also has another name - the Queen of Scream, apparently accompanying every show with a banshee wail of expelled breath.(7) The good folk of Ireland quail in their beds when they hear the banshee wail of the Irish Postie.(8) Amaiya opened her mouth to reply, but her hands flew to her ears as a banshee wail hammered the sky.(9) Was it you who was up in the night wailing like a banshee ?(10) Suspense builds as the siren wails like a crippled banshee .(11) They just adore tiptoeing around and shaking their heads when the broads shatter glass with their banshee wails.(12) I croaked, woken from my recurrent dream of loading reams of information onto the computer, by a banshee wail that went on and on, somewhere in the very near vicinity.(13) Aurella's voice suddenly rose into a banshee 's wail of anger.(14) For example, baddies can only ever enter stage left and u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510etherealsu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb (ghosts, banshees and spirits) must never be touched by the u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510liveu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb actors.(15) It was the wail of a thousand banshees , mixed with the mournful cries of wolves.(16) Harry and Dolly have been in and out like Swiss cuckoos, demanding I open the door the instant the rain has stopped and the wind dropped, then wailing like banshees when things got bad again.
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