stridulous

Example Sentences

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At the farthest extremity of stridulous sell, or repetition and saturation, stands Ted Bates Chairman Reeves, author of a controversial and wide-selling book, Reality in Advertising.

From Time Magazine Archive

The poet spoke yet more, but in the end his excited stridulous accents fell on Reb Shemuel's ears as a storm without on the ears of the slippered reader by the fireside.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

It was a woman, about forty years of age, the innocent victim of a dissolute husband, who came suffering with labored, stridulous breathing.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

No," returned the captain in a stridulous whisper, "I have made no mistake.

From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman

"You don't!" said Donna Maria, rising to her feet, with white in her cheek, fire in her eyes, and a stridulous pitch in her voice.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert