How do you use the word "scream" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "scream": With a scream, the spectators scattered. The sound of an awful scream made him shudder.

Scream Meaning

/skɹiːm/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, especially horror, fear, excitement, or anger; it may comprise a word or a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound.

nounA loud vocalisation of many animals, especially in response to pain or fear.

Sentence Examples

With a scream, the spectators scattered.

The sound of an awful scream made him shudder.

There was a bang and I heard someone scream.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

wow cry call

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The terrified child will ____ loudly when he sees the spider on his bed.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The child let out a loud ____ when she saw the spider on the wall.

Word Origin & History

Inherited from Middle English scremen, borrowed from or cognate to Middle Dutch scremen (“to yell; shout”) and Old Norse skræma (“to terrify; scare”); compare West Flemish schreemen, Zealandic schreême (“to shout; yell; cry”), Swedish skrämma (“to spook; frighten”), Danish skræmme (“to scare”), West Frisian skrieme (“to weep”). Compare also Swedish skräna (“to yell; shout; howl”), Dutch schreien (“to cry; weep”), German schreien (“to scream”). Related to shriek, skrike.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare." — 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

"Amman, though not exactly your world cultural centre, is a scream of a city; all the roads have different names from their official ones, so that maps are useless" — 1994 June 28, “Kingdom of the faithful: Serena Mackesy visits Jordan”, in Independent:

"I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry." — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

"When we crossed the river, I heard a terrible cry, and I blessed the child again, the others said it was only the loon, which screamed for bad weather." "Yes, that would have been sufficient, if there was nothing else but the loon," said Gubjor; "when it screams at a new-born babe, that child is bewitched."" — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 303:

"Well, I waited and I waited / For some word from down below / And then ol' Harley started screaming / "Run, my God, now, Carter, go man go!"" — 2006, The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, “Harley Got Devoured by the Undead”, in An Even Scarier Solstice:

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