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
But at this moment the long-drawn, slightly stridulous utterances of Mrs. Brimmer rose through the other greetings like a lazy east wind.
From The Crusade of the Excelsior by Harte, Bret
Now, at ten am, the whole mass is at furnace heat, kettles boiling, stewpots simmering, and frying-pans hissing—in short, a complete batterie de cuisine in stridulous activity.
From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
The emancipated ghosts floated in all directions, emitting their shrill and stridulous cries in the gleaming expanse.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828 by Various
"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
