She began to call out, a piercing cry of fear.

He heard a piercing cry deep within his bowels: They're coming!

A high, piercing cry came out of its throat, cracking through the night.

This time I was able to let out a piercing cry.

Rolling Stone called it "a piercing cry from the heart."

From time to time one of their number called out a high, piercing cry.

Across the lawn came the piercing cry of an infant.

From the cinema itself there also came a piercing cry.

The one facing her sent a piercing cry across the distance.

The man jumped back, and raised his voice to a piercing cry.