Inside of four minutes, there was a brief shriek of protesting metal, and the pod fell free.

The woman in the next room gave a brief shriek of outrage and damage; then came a silence so long that it was almost eerie.

Then there was a brief shriek, followed by a splash.

The brakes released with a brief faint shriek.

The brakes re- leased with a brief faint shriek.

A flash of sorcerous energy and a brief shriek marked the passage of an Algarvian soldier.

The creature let out a brief shriek of surprise and then collapsed.

The bottom of the shuttle sparked and squealed, and Kerin let out a brief shriek.

A ladder-backed woodpecker, secure above his head, uttered a brief shriek of startlement and paused in its hammering to inspect him before returning to its noisy excavations.

She emitted a brief shriek of alarm, overwhelmed by the chaos that assaulted her, and fell into the blackness of oblivion.