How To Use Shrilly In A Sentence
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In a flurry of bright patterns, flashy materials, and skimpy outfits, several girls flurried into the room, all clicking away on high heels and giggling shrilly.
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Hagrid sent him a bunch of earwiggy flowers that looked like yellow cabbages, and Ginny Weasley, blushing furiously, turned up with a get-well card she had made herself, which sang shrilly unless Harry kept it shut under his bowl of fruit.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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We can only fool ourselves so long and then only by shrilly outshouting that voice inside.
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The parrots chatter shrilly in their aviaries, screeching invective and snatches of poetry.
The Lady Matador’s Hotel
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The electric starter motor whined shrilly.
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This week it was High A, the vibrating shrilly ring that was sudden and shocking.
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By ones and twos we collected them, half drowned yet shrilly remonstrant, and dropped them into the dry shed where they belonged.
More Jonathan Papers
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While we contemplate the magnificence of the universe, and mensurate the fitness and adaptation of one part to another, the small philosopher hangs upon a hair or creeps within a wrinkle, and cries out shrilly from his elevation that we are blind and superficial.
Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
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The golden horse tossed his head, long cream colored mane whipping, and whinnied shrilly.
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The horse whinnied shrilly and tried to bolt, but Willy reined him in.
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As the north-westerly wind whistled shrilly through the willows near my house, I concluded that this year would be special for kite-lovers.
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You would do that?" he said shrilly, then slumped back down unhap - pily.
Stalling
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The capstern went round with a merry tune -- the boatswain's whistle sounded shrilly along the decks with a magic effect -- the anchor was hove up -- the sails were let fall and but a few minutes had passed, after the captain gave the word of command, before the ship, under a wide spread of snowy canvas, was standing down the Solent towards the Needle passage.
My First Cruise and Other stories
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A sudden flash of ebony and ivory caused me to scream shrilly without intention as the bird, a magpie, flew directly at my exposed face!
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Ah! that was Sit-cum-to-ha, shrilly anathematizing the dogs as she cuffed and beat them into the harnesses.
THE LAW OF LIFE
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she sang rather shrilly
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I HAVE TO TELL YOU, KRIS," GINO began, "I wasn't all that keen on seeing a Catteni there on Botany, but ..: 'and Gino whistled expertly and shrilly through his teeth," when you see how that guy operates, I'd walk through fire for him now.
Freedoms Challenge
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A flock of owls swooped through her tower lands, hooting shrilly.
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The cold gray light of early dawn had given place to saffron, and the first drowsy challenge from the henroost had been shrilly answered from far and near, when old man Jerry awoke from his nap in the chimney corner, and, finding himself chilled through all his old, rheumatic bones, bent over the dying embers, pushed together the blackened and half-burned "chunks," and blew them until they glowed.
Plantation Sketches
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From somewhere in that murk came a woman's voice calling shrilly for help.
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What more the skipper would have spoken remained unsaid, for _crack, crack, crack_! sounding smothered amongst the trees, came the reports of the rifles and the replies made by Don Ramon's vedettes as they were driven in, and the skipper's eyes flashed as he placed a little whistle to his lips and blew shrilly, bringing his own men together at the run.
Fitz the Filibuster
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As the north-westerly wind whistled shrilly through the willows near my house, I concluded that this year would be special for kite-lovers.
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Wallace blew his shrilly whistle and dismissed the team, who tiredly made their way to the locker room.
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A bullet glanced from a rock before them, and singing shrilly, rose low over their heads on its second flight.
THE SUNLANDERS
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Greeks were everywhere -- swarthy men in sea-boots and tam-o'-shanters, hatless women in bright colors, hordes of sturdy children, and all speaking in outlandish voices, crying shrilly and vivaciously with the volubility of the Mediterranean.
CHAPTER XI
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Above the drums, singing, and stomping of feet, women ululate shrilly to express their excitement.