11.   Then there was a piercing scream and the sound of a door slamming shut.

12.   When the grieving widow checked her e-mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor dead.

13.   One day, I was watching TV when I heard a piercing scream coming from the kitchen.

14.   She then recounted how, when watching The Exorcist, she almost gave a guy sitting in front of her a heart attack with her piercing screams.

15.   Shock rocker Marilyn Manson took the stage at Mile High Stadium with a piercing scream Thursday night after protesters failed in a months long campaign to keep him away.

16.   The Jamaican hit the sixth barrier with a crack and let out a piercing scream that resonated throughout the stadium before collapsing to the ground in a heap.