Examples of “banshee” in a Sentence

noun In Irish folklore, a female spirit whose mournful wailing is said to warn a household that a death is coming.

• According to the old story, a banshee wailed outside the house the night before his grandfather died.
• The film used a banshee's scream as its signature jump-scare sound.

noun Informally, a loud, shrieking or bad-tempered woman (or, by extension, anyone making a piercing wailing noise).

• The toddler screamed like a banshee the moment his ice cream fell on the pavement.