SHRILL


Meaning of SHRILL in English

I. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a shrill/piercing/high-pitched scream (= with a very high sound )

The sound of gunfire mingled with the shrill screams of the injured.

low/shrill/high-pitched etc whistle

Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

voice

The radio talk shows are filled with shrill voices .

Dimly, Patrick Lundy heard the governess' shrill voice repeat - yet again - a line of verse.

whistle

A shrill whistle is blown angrily by a shivering soldier, a sentry at the tomb.

Flora gave a shrill whistle and started trotting down the cliff.

A shrill whistle could be discerned, audible above the scrape and screech of the music.

Call a series of fluty piping notes, also a shrill whistle .

The policeman was blowing a shrill whistle .

Then he put his fingers in his mouth and let out a shrill whistle .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.

I was suddenly woken up by the shrill ringing of the telephone.

Mike could hear his aunt's shrill voice downstairs.

She gave a brief, shrill laugh.

Sylvie burst out in a shrill laugh before leaving the room.

The media's shrill criticism of Newton has reached a new level.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A shrill whistle is blown angrily by a shivering soldier, a sentry at the tomb.

Bates plays Kushnick with shrill , profane gusto, literally scorching the earth with her incendiary lungs.

Does this shrill din really emanate from the top Praga Khan and Jade 4U?

He heard what sounded like a stifled cry of pain from a shriller voice; then the commotion beside him resumed once more.

His supporters are no less shrill .

History will likely dismiss the shrill cries of the last few weeks and remember Dole as a steady voice of moderation.

Pushell's voice was shrill with frustration as Blanche led him out.

The unexpected shrill blast of sound had sent a jolt of adrenaline through me and my heart was pounding.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Stop it!" she shrilled.

The metal detector shrilled as Whitney attempted to walk through.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

It let out that high-pitched whine, that shrill insistent nagging squeal that puts a burglar right off his feed.

On the first Saturday of the month Merrill's telephone rang, shrilling through the morning silence and making her jump.

The larvae of the cicadas that sit shrilling on trees spend their lives below ground sucking sap from roots.

The sound of the telephone shrilling by the side of her bed brought her gasping back to wakefulness.

They could not be forced away, but came on in ever greater numbers, shrilling with pain and anger.

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