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Definition of banshee in English: bansheenoun banˈʃiːˈbanʃiːˈbænʃi (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house. the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee as modifier a horrible banshee wail Example sentencesExamples - So we spent the best part of 2 hours running around the house screaming like crazed banshees, dodging (in my case not very successfully) my deranged older brother.
- Aurella's voice suddenly rose into a banshee's wail of anger.
- 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.
- Whipping the crowd into a fury from the first note, everyone was apparently quite pleased to hear the change, bounding around the Opera House like possessed banshees.
- For example, baddies can only ever enter stage left and ‘ethereals’ (ghosts, banshees and spirits) must never be touched by the ‘live’ actors.
- He heard the banshee wail of an incoming rocket and so instinctively he dove to the ground.
- An ambulance raced into the picture, sirens wailing like banshees.
- As guitars wail out of control and gospel choruses wail like baritone banshees, it becomes obvious that screwing and chopping has only begun to touch upon its potential.
- It was the wail of a thousand banshees, mixed with the mournful cries of wolves.
- The good folk of Ireland quail in their beds when they hear the banshee wail of the Irish Postie.
- She also has another name - the Queen of Scream, apparently accompanying every show with a banshee wail of expelled breath.
- It carried on wailing like a banshee for a good 5 minutes before I decided I couldn't take it anymore.
- Suspense builds as the siren wails like a crippled banshee.
- The wail of the banshees had been growing in intensity for some time.
- Was it you who was up in the night wailing like a banshee?
- 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.
- As he moved with his Subartans into the open Frost could sense the spirits of the banshees all around them, closer now, gathering perhaps, he thought, to listen.
- They just adore tiptoeing around and shaking their heads when the broads shatter glass with their banshee wails.
- 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.
- Amaiya opened her mouth to reply, but her hands flew to her ears as a banshee wail hammered the sky.
Origin Late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde 'woman of the fairies'. Definition of banshee in US English: bansheenounˈbanSHēˈbænʃi (in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house. the little girl dropped her ice cream and began to howl like a banshee as modifier a horrible banshee wail Example sentencesExamples - Amaiya opened her mouth to reply, but her hands flew to her ears as a banshee wail hammered the sky.
- As he moved with his Subartans into the open Frost could sense the spirits of the banshees all around them, closer now, gathering perhaps, he thought, to listen.
- They just adore tiptoeing around and shaking their heads when the broads shatter glass with their banshee wails.
- It was the wail of a thousand banshees, mixed with the mournful cries of wolves.
- So we spent the best part of 2 hours running around the house screaming like crazed banshees, dodging (in my case not very successfully) my deranged older brother.
- 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.
- The wail of the banshees had been growing in intensity for some time.
- 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.
- An ambulance raced into the picture, sirens wailing like banshees.
- He heard the banshee wail of an incoming rocket and so instinctively he dove to the ground.
- Aurella's voice suddenly rose into a banshee's wail of anger.
- As guitars wail out of control and gospel choruses wail like baritone banshees, it becomes obvious that screwing and chopping has only begun to touch upon its potential.
- She also has another name - the Queen of Scream, apparently accompanying every show with a banshee wail of expelled breath.
- Was it you who was up in the night wailing like a banshee?
- For example, baddies can only ever enter stage left and ‘ethereals’ (ghosts, banshees and spirits) must never be touched by the ‘live’ actors.
- Suspense builds as the siren wails like a crippled banshee.
- It carried on wailing like a banshee for a good 5 minutes before I decided I couldn't take it anymore.
- The good folk of Ireland quail in their beds when they hear the banshee wail of the Irish Postie.
- 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.
- Whipping the crowd into a fury from the first note, everyone was apparently quite pleased to hear the change, bounding around the Opera House like possessed banshees.
Origin Late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’. |