If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.
Clarinet n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments worse than a clarinet – two clarinets.
Loud ringing noises, I've discovered, upset Mr.Peepers.
I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.
Her singing reminds me of a cart coming downhill with the brake on.
His voice was the most obnoxious squeak I ever was tormented with.
Jake leaned on the horn, swearing loudly. Gina covered her eyes. Doc flung his arms around me, burying his face in my lap, and Dopey, to my great surprise, began to scream like a girl, very close to my ear.
If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.
