The scream of pain had also stopped just as quickly.

The screams had stopped by now, but we followed the sound of sobbing.

Her screams stopped and I heard heavy steps cross to the door.

The screams stopped, as if cut off by a switch.

A scream coming from somewhere outside the building stopped her cold.

The screams stopped before he reached the door of the lighted room.

The scream stopped as the fall took the wind from him.

By the time it was done, his screams had stopped.

The screams and the hammering at the door had stopped.

The stranger's screams, she later wrote, stopped after the third day.