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Sentence count:104+3Posted:2017-01-23Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: gratingharshpiercingscreechysharpsqueakyAntonym: deepSimilar words: thrillthrilledshrimpshrinkshriekdrillbrilliantperilMeaning: [ʃrɪl]  v. utter a shrill cry. adj. 1. having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones 2. being sharply insistent on being heard 3. of colors that are bright and gaudy. 
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31. Their voices sounded shrill and incongruous, violating the silence that was appropriate in the great dome of the forest.
32. They were originally concerned that she appeared too aggressive, shrill, and unsympathetic.
33. Printed in the shrill neons of commercial art, these leering posters document the slick, creeping hucksterism of contemporary life.
34. He is drinking soda pop out of a can the same shrill dayglo orange colour as emergency road markings.
35. I was suddenly woken up by the shrill ringing of the telephone.
36. Flora gave a shrill whistle and started trotting down the cliff.
37. Bates plays Kushnick with shrill, profane gusto, literally scorching the earth with her incendiary lungs.
38. She turned up a thin alley which was covered; it was full of the shrill song of cage birds.
39. Peach's shrill scream of terror cut through his thoughts as she fled past him into the hall.
40. He was a bright-eyed boy, thin and fair, with a vacant expression that often gave way to shrill laughter.
41. The shrill blast of their brazen trumpets echoed triumphantly through the heart of the land.
42. A shrill whistle could be discerned, audible above the scrape and screech of the music.
43. Some one screamed, a high shrill piercing noise that caused her to break out in goose pimples.
44. She had promptly dropped her tin tray and her shrill shrieks began to split the crisp winter air.
45. The voices of the neighborhood teenagers are not quite so shrill.
46. The media's shrill criticism of Newton has reached a new level.
47. History will likely dismiss the shrill cries of the last few weeks and remember Dole as a steady voice of moderation.
48. Call a series of fluty piping notes, also a shrill whistle.
49. The World was offered and turned down $ 350, 000 to change its shrill policy.
50. A shrill whistle is blown angrily by a shivering soldier, a sentry at the tomb.
51. Ian scrutinised the key board closely but was suddenly startled by the shrill sound of the telephone ringing.
52. The shrill notes of the telephone, on Anna's bedside table, shocked them awake.
53. Elaine had a hangover and the shrill ringing of the telephone made her head ache even more.
54. A flourish of silver trumpets, their shrill fanfare stilling the chatter, and the Prince entered,[http://sentencedict.com/shrill.html] holding Gaveston's hand.
55. Dimly, Patrick Lundy heard the governess' shrill voice repeat - yet again - a line of verse.
56. Pushell's voice was shrill with frustration as Blanche led him out.
57. From that time, his anti-Semitism grew so shrill and scurrilous that its virulence still makes one wince.
58. The unexpected shrill blast of sound had sent a jolt of adrenaline through me and my heart was pounding.
59. Flies with fast clipped wingbeats, always uttering its shrill, monosyllabic screech.
60. Does this shrill din really emanate from the top Praga Khan and Jade 4U?
More similar words: thrillthrilledshrimpshrinkshriekdrillbrilliantperilshrubshrewshrugthriftthriveshrewdverilyangrilyshrug offperilousmushroomforthrightprimarilyChristmastemporarilypulchritudecash registerillbillpillwillkill
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