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 dog maintained a stridulous barking; and James Polder carried her, in an ecstasy of snarling ill-temper, out.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph
At last he stopped, hearing a loud creaking sound, a grating stridulous noise, like that of the rusty hinges of some heavy iron gate which was being closed just behind him.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.
Often this recurs throughout all the burst of crying which follows, and each inspiration is accompanied by a shrill stridulous sound.
From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles
"Who's there?" creaked the stridulous voice of good Mrs. Sprowl.
From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
