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high-pitched

[hahy-picht] / ˈhaɪˈpɪtʃt /
ADJECTIVE
high in sound
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Crockford watched swifts return to London after their annual migration from Africa, filling the air with their high-pitched calls.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

I was lucky if I got 20 minutes to focus before the next high-pitched interruption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Wearing a handmade sock puppet with large googly eyes she found at Walmart, Esquivel read “Snuggle Puppy!” in a high-pitched voice as her teenage daughter recorded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

Pacing the stage at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, on the last night of her fall 2025 tour, she traded her typical sardonicism for high-pitched sincerity.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

As the train approaches, its horn is high-pitched, but as it passes you, all of a sudden its pitch drops dramatically.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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