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shrills
noun as in shriek
noun as in yell
verb as in scream
verb as in sound
verb as in squeak
verb as in squeal
verb as in sibilate
verb as in hiss
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Example Sentences
The fog-horn emitted a series of spasmodic and hideous shrills, and beyond a slight drifting the steamer was almost motionless.
And then it seems as though the air is being sucked in all around us; it shrills to a multitude of strange whistlings.
You go wrong: I hear you: and dese claps of zese noodels send you into squeaks and shrills, and false!
His country – he triumphantly shrills – is the best, an island of civilization among the barbarians at the gates.
Here the forsaken shell: above me the voice of the creature Shrills like the cry of a Soul quitting this world of pain.
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On this page you'll find 256 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrills, such as: howl, screech, squawk, squeal, wail, and whoop.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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