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Word: shrieking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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Usage:

...intervals of a few minutes he would shriek in stentorian tone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LINES. | 2/21/1873 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "shrieking" throughout decades:

1870s : 1.0800
1880s : 0.3264
1890s : 0.0975
1910s : 0.2901
1920s : 1.1843
1930s : 1.6586
1940s : 1.2293
1950s : 1.5029
1960s : 1.2909
1970s : 0.9212
1980s : 0.7437
1990s : 0.7151
2000s : 0.8379
2010s : 0.9223