Then Dorsey's shrill insistence prevailed over the roars of laughter in front; the young folks on the stage heard his bloodcurdling bulletin.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
In winter they were marooned for days and nights at a stretch without a human being to whom they could speak, and nothing but the bloodcurdling cry of coyotes at night to keep them company.
"Land of the Burnt Thigh"
Edith Eudora Kohl
Dick is pretty good, but he can never roar out his orders in the bloodcurdling tones that Claude can.
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903"
Lucy Maud Montgomery