I was woken by a bloodcurdling squawl and sat straight up in the dark, fumbling at the bedside lamp. ❋ Patricia Harwin (2005)
And with a grin for Vyndra's angry squawl, he booted his horse to a gallop, toward the mountains towering to the north. ❋ Jordan, Robert (1984)
The sun was making a blazing descent below the horizon before he heard the squawl of an infant. ❋ Janet Dailey (1983)
The Torgians fought for the bits, strove to con - tinue their headlong run, but between our strength on the reins, and my own efforts, they began to yield and we were slowing our pace when there was an ear-splitting squawl from before us. ❋ Norton, Andre (1965)
He also said that the sun-squawl was poisonous to handle, and when the sailors came across it, they did not meddle with it, but hove it out of their way. ❋ Various (N/A)
Dr. Arbuthnot sitting next him is the kindliest soul in the world, and will make excuses for you if you squawl as vilely as a cat on the tiles. ❋ Charles Edward Pearce (N/A)
Lady Vere de Vere, cat of a thousand battles, gave one frightful squawl, shot from Milt's shoulder and at the bear, claws out, fur electric. ❋ Sinclair Lewis (1918)
S.W. we proceeded on verry well untill about 6 oClock a squawl of wind Struck our Sale broad side and turned the perogue nearly over, and in this Situation the Perogue remained untill the Sale was cut down in which time she nearly filed with water. the articles which floated out was nearly all caught by the Squar who was in the rear. ❋ Unknown (1904)
Dearest relations are, according to my experience, very much like wild cats: give them the faintest hope of a legacy, and they scratch and squawl as though it were raw meat for which they have been starving. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)
He also said that the sun-squawl was poisonous to handle, and when the sailors came across it, they did not meddle with it, but heaved it out of their way. ❋ Unknown (1865)
Creeping along the endless beach amid the sun-squawl and the foam, it occurs to us that we, too, are the product of sea-slime. ❋ Unknown (1865)
Soccermom's forthcoming debut single only approximate the squawl and punch of the live renderings its compositions. ❋ Jay Breitling (2010)
Perogue was under sail when a sudon squawl of wind struck her obliquely, and turned her considerably, the steersman allarmed, in stead of puting her before the wind, lufted her up into it, the wind was so violent that it drew the brace of the squarsail out of the hand of the man who was attending it, and instantly upset the perogue and would have turned her completely topsaturva, had it not have been from the resistance mad by the oarning against the water; in this situation ❋ Meriwether Lewis (1791)
It was one thing to order men not to fire; to tell them that their lives depended on a silent approach, but in the misted darkness just before dawn, when a man’s blood was at its coldest and his fears warmest, a cat’s squawl could be enough to scare a Rifleman and make him fire blind into the night. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1988)
Little Arthur took one look at Benteen and let out a squawl of fright, trotting over to hide in Lorna’s skirts. ❋ Janet Dailey (1982)
Sister shouted, and Bonnie Sue gave a fierce push below, fearing she would soil herself, embarrassed, sobbing, clinging tightly to Sister’s hand, and feeling the baby slipping from her loins, feeling suddenly exuberantly joyous, and hearing the baby’s triumphant squawl like a bugle on the air. ❋ Evan Hunter (1976)
[Arnold Schwarzenegger] was squawl in [the movie] [Pumping Iron] ❋ JL_PUNK11 (2011)
