I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shrill/piercing/high-pitched scream (= with a very high sound )
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The sound of gunfire mingled with the shrill screams of the injured.
low/shrill/high-pitched etc whistle
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Sanders gave a low whistle when he saw the contents of the box.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
voice
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The radio talk shows are filled with shrill voices .
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Dimly, Patrick Lundy heard the governess' shrill voice repeat - yet again - a line of verse.
whistle
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A shrill whistle is blown angrily by a shivering soldier, a sentry at the tomb.
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Flora gave a shrill whistle and started trotting down the cliff.
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A shrill whistle could be discerned, audible above the scrape and screech of the music.
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Call a series of fluty piping notes, also a shrill whistle .
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The policeman was blowing a shrill whistle .
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Then he put his fingers in his mouth and let out a shrill whistle .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As Sophie became angry her voice got shriller.
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I was suddenly woken up by the shrill ringing of the telephone.
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Mike could hear his aunt's shrill voice downstairs.
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She gave a brief, shrill laugh.
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Sylvie burst out in a shrill laugh before leaving the room.
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The media's shrill criticism of Newton has reached a new level.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A shrill whistle is blown angrily by a shivering soldier, a sentry at the tomb.
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Bates plays Kushnick with shrill , profane gusto, literally scorching the earth with her incendiary lungs.
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Does this shrill din really emanate from the top Praga Khan and Jade 4U?
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He heard what sounded like a stifled cry of pain from a shriller voice; then the commotion beside him resumed once more.
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His supporters are no less shrill .
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History will likely dismiss the shrill cries of the last few weeks and remember Dole as a steady voice of moderation.
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Pushell's voice was shrill with frustration as Blanche led him out.
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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
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"Stop it!" she shrilled.
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The metal detector shrilled as Whitney attempted to walk through.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It let out that high-pitched whine, that shrill insistent nagging squeal that puts a burglar right off his feed.
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On the first Saturday of the month Merrill's telephone rang, shrilling through the morning silence and making her jump.
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The larvae of the cicadas that sit shrilling on trees spend their lives below ground sucking sap from roots.
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The sound of the telephone shrilling by the side of her bed brought her gasping back to wakefulness.
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They could not be forced away, but came on in ever greater numbers, shrilling with pain and anger.