shrill

Example Sentences

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Mom asked in a shrill, unnatural voice Jonah was sure he’d never heard her use before.

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Then she whistled her shell, two long, shrill notes that carried far out to the reef, where the sea lions were fishing.

From Literature

It was shrill, grating like broken nails on glass.

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But before they really started to feel comfortable with each other, they heard a shrill whistle.

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With difficulty I started climbing one of the large trees on the island, but I was arrested by a shrill cry and a sudden scrambling in the upper branches.

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