shrilly
Example Sentences
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As we speak, I can hear one of the Tower’s nine ravens squawking shrilly at a group eating lunch on a nearby bench.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
We startle a chunky little woodcock that's sheltering in the long grass and it twitters its indignation shrilly.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2020
“Comrades! Quiet down!” the dictator cries out, while his wife shrilly shouts, “Silence!”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019
Motorbikes jostled by, honking shrilly as they slalomed around young men in western clothes strolling with friends, their fingers or arms linked affectionately.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2016
“But who cares, we’ve got what we needed —” “He is not a brainless git,” said Hermione shrilly as they half ran toward the library.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
