stridulous
Example Sentences
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At the farthest extremity of stridulous sell, or repetition and saturation, stands Ted Bates Chairman Reeves, author of a controversial and wide-selling book, Reality in Advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was as if the sparkling tent of the heavens were a great bowl turned over the place, hushing its stridulous merriment, stifling its wild laughter and dry-throated feminine screams.
From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
"Brother Silas speaks well," said Sister Parsons, with stridulous fluency.
From By Shore and Sedge by Harte, Bret
This crowing sound is accompanied by a harsh, grating, stridulous kind of cry which has been compared to the noise produced by whetting a scythe.
From Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 6 December, 1897 by Various
"Who's there?" creaked the stridulous voice of good Mrs. Sprowl.
From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
