Examples of banshee

• He even believed,—or thought he believed,— in banshees. 

• He marched his men up, with the thin wailing of a banshee in his ears. 

• Long and lamentable, as the warning cry of the banshee, wailed the dreary blast. 

• The west wind with an awful wail and roar rushed into the shack, carrying with it the fairies and the gnomes and the sprites and the banshees. 

• Then Polly sewed, and told a story about a beautiful maiden in a lonely tower, and an old banshee that went about nights, howling, and knocking at folks' windows. 

• There was a shrill scream from the banshee. 

• I might call him a banshee because a banshee is a very aristocratic ghost in a lot of cases.

• Will he explain whether the excellent banshee siren system which has been tested recently will be purely a fire alarm or will have a wider significance?

• The first banshees seen were female elves that have returned from the dead in this form.

• In later versions, the banshee might appear before the death and warn the family by wailing.

• Banshee survives the attack and recuperates in the hospital.

• Some of the members of the party consider it to be a ghost or banshee.

• It is thought that from this myth comes the idea that the wailing of numerous banshees signifies the death of a great person.

• When he refuses to leave her alone, her banshee scream virtually disintegrates him.

• Alleged sightings of banshees have been reported as recently as 1948.

• A banshee is believed to wander this area and the surrounding marshland.

• See banshee.; sleveen, sleiveen: (from "slghbhn/slbhn") an untrustworthy or cunning person.

• It was only due to her unrequited love that she was hovering as a banshee so far, she explains.

• A bony arm protrudes from a crypt with a wine glass in its hand, while banshees ride bicycles in the distance.

• He was also behind the banshee, which was only a hologram.

• Much like a banshee, the sound of a raven mocker means that someone will soon die.