shrill

How To Use shrill In A Sentence

• They may refuse their feeds and become fretful with a shrill cry when handled.
• Pettin's men surged up the steps at them, weapons flashing in the guttery light; Del's screaming, shrill as an angry hawk's, stabbed through Joanna's panic like the senseless sounds of nightmare. The Silicon Mage
• Ah! that was Sit-cum-to-ha, shrilly anathematizing the dogs as she cuffed and beat them into the harnesses. THE LAW OF LIFE
• She could not become the shrill edgy hurried harridan the war had tried to make her while his square, leisurely, beflowered, inscrutable figure passed daily up and down between those pale considerable buildings. Maid in Waiting
• And in that shrill voice of his, he would begin singing a song he had just written. The Other Side of Me
• An owl hooted across the compound, and a paraquet disturbed by the outcry uttered a shrill, indignant protest. The Lamp in the Desert
• Above the drums, singing, and stomping of feet, women ululate shrilly to express their excitement.
• Anna Maria was still arguing in shrill tones. The Tales of Beatrix Potter
• The grandfather stood under the door, watching her, when suddenly a shrill whistle was heard. Heidi
• But her shrill, naive polemicizing caused Michaels to inwardly wince, as if at a cruel reflection of himself. The Cry of the Onlies