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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Shriek (Noun)

A shriek, as of a soul in Hades.
—Anonymous

Shriek … such as might have risen only out of hell.
—Edgar Allan Poe

Shrieks like mandrakes’ torn out of the earth.
—William Shakespeare

A shriek and a yell
Like the devils of hell.
—William Makepeace Thackeray