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Collocations for scream - noun

ADJ.

high-pitched, loud, piercing, shrill | muffled, stifled | blood-curdling, hysterical, terrible, terrified

VERB + SCREAM

give, let out | hear

SCREAM + VERB

echo, ring out
His screams echoed through the empty house.

PREP.

with a ~
She reacted to the news with hysterical screams.
~ for
a scream for help
~ of
screams of laughter/terror

Collocations for scream - verb

ADV.

aloud | loudly | silently
Despair shook him and he screamed silently in the darkness.
hysterically, shrilly, wildly | almost | out

VERB + SCREAM

want to
I was so bored I wanted to scream.
begin to | hear sb

PREP.

after
Marion screamed after them, ‘Stop! Stop!’
at
She screamed at me to get out of the way.
for
The trapped passengers screamed for help.
in
People ran for the exits, screaming out in terror.
with
People were staggering about, screaming with pain.

PHRASES

begin/start screaming, scream your head off
The baby was screaming its head off.
stop screaming

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