shrill

Example Sentences

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In her best quotable moments, she seamlessly infuses her sometimes shrill timbre with a dash of Southern drawl.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“My grandmother was a sharecropper in Arkansas, and I know that this is the same thing,” a man shouts at one point as whistles shrill and a handheld siren wails.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Bars beckon along our path of modern-day “riau-riau music, the pipes shrill and the drums pounding,” and we dance our way in and out of a few joints, looking for the right madness.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Thatcher was seen as "strange and shrill" when she got the job, but became the party's most successful boss of modern times.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

The startled bird tumbled from its perch, let loose a shrill whistle, and flapped its wings in panic.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri