The presence of death hung heavily on the freezing air, like the final echoes of a desperate scream.

Someone in a house at the top of the hill let out a desperate scream and, almost simultaneously, the hillside gave way in a giant explosion.

At least, that is how it felt, as a desperate scream that only I could hear echoed forever inside my skull.

And the wild desperate screams of the singer.

She jumped to her feet, her desperate scream followed by the sound of rushing feet, both through the house and on the porch.

The animals squealed with horrific, desperate screams as they were mercilessly gored.

It was a scream, high and desperate.

She could hear the high, desperate scream of sirens, see the red lights pulsing and spinning.

From somewhere in the distance comes a long, desperate scream.

There was a smell of burning flesh and a desperate scream muffled by her gag.