shrilly
Example Sentences
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As we speak, I can hear one of the Tower’s nine ravens squawking shrilly at a group eating lunch on a nearby bench.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021
We startle a chunky little woodcock that's sheltering in the long grass and it twitters its indignation shrilly.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2020
Those shrilly colorful sculptures, paved with crystal and glitter, seem to wink from the walls or spring from the floor, a stretch of poured concrete slicked with garage paint in a naughty shade of pink.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2018
“Have you come here,” he began shrilly, “to tell me what—”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017
“Are you both crazy?” the doctor cried shrilly, backing away in paling confusion.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
