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125 examples of Shrill in a sentence

At last they threw handfuls of frozen moss at him, and a woman cried in a shrill voice:"Down with the traitor!"
At this moment Jeanlin's shrill voice was heard: "Look out!
Ladies, please don't hurt me!" But she suddenly uttered a shrill cry; cold hands had seized her by the neck.
Mother Brulé's shrill voice was heard: "Cut him like a tomcat!""Yes, yes, after the cat! after the cat!
Even Lydie's shrill voice was heard.
She was forgetting her man in prison, for the household was going on since Bouteloup remained; but she thought of him, however, and went on in a shrill voice:"Get along!
Mouque appeared with Bataille, whom he was leading to work, and he had to hold him with both hands, for the sleepy old horse had suddenly reared up, and, with a shrill neigh, was stretching his head towards the shaft.
No doubt the stoves of the boilers were scarcely extinguished, for the tall brick chimney gave out a light smoke beneath the dark clouds; while the weathercock on the steeple creaked in the wind with a short, shrill cry, the only melancholy voice of these vast buildings which were about to die.
A hubbub broke out, rose in crescendo with bursts of shrill voices (they yelled, barked, stamped, repeated "Charbovari!
Edgar, flashing with fury, dominated all the others with his clearer voice; Ashton hurled homicidal provocations at him in deep notes; Lucie uttered her shrill plaint, Arthur at one side, his modulated tones in the middle register, and the bass of the minister pealed forth like an organ, while the voices of the women repeating his words took them up in chorus delightfully.
Monsieur Bournisien, in full vestments, was singing in a shrill voice.
I was going on thinking away all these grand, tender thoughts, when my reverie was broken in upon by a shrill piping voice crying out:"All right, sur, I'm a-coming, I'm a-coming.
A catbird, the Northern mocker, lit in a tree over Tom's head, and trilled out her imitations of her neighbors in a rapture of enjoyment; then a shrill jay swept down, a flash of blue flame, and stopped on a twig almost within the boy's reach, cocked his head to one side and eyed the strangers with a consuming curiosity; a gray squirrel and a big fellow of the "fox" kind came skurrying along, sitting up at intervals to inspect and chatter at the boys, for the wild things had probably never seen a human being before and scarcely knew whether to be afraid or not.
The metallic sparkle of his eyes troubled Laurent, who hastened to open the dining-room door, and the cat fled with a shrill mew.
I saw the wasted limbs--which a few hours before had been distorted for the amusement of a boisterous gallery, writhing under the tortures of a burning fever--I heard the clown's shrill laugh, blending with the low murmurings of the dying man.
The fat boy looked cautiously round, and having concluded his survey, shouted in the old lady's ear--'Miss Rachael.''What!' said the old lady, in a shrill tone.
'Now, then!' said a shrill female voice the instant Sam thrust his head in at the door, 'what do you want, young man?'Sam looked round in the direction whence the voice proceeded.
He was engaged in this operation, when a shrill voice was heard in the passage.
'Here, the goblin gave a loud, shrill laugh, which the echoes returned twentyfold; and throwing his legs up in the air, stood upon his head, or rather upon the very point of his sugar-loaf hat, on the narrow edge of the tombstone, whence he threw a Somerset with extraordinary agility, right to the sexton's feet, at which he planted himself in the attitude in which tailors generally sit upon the shop-board.
'I am very sorry to put you to any inconvenience, Mrs. Raddle,' said Bob Sawyer deferentially, 'but--''Oh, it isn't any inconvenience,' replied the little woman, with a shrill titter.
You may command me, Bob.''I am very much indebted to you for your friendship and good- nature, Hopkins,' said the wretched Mr. Bob Sawyer, 'but I think the best plan to avoid any further dispute is for us to break up at once.''Now, Mr. Sawyer,' screamed the shrill voice of Mrs. Raddle, 'are them brutes going?''They're only looking for their hats, Mrs. Raddle,' said Bob; 'they are going directly.''Going!' said Mrs. Raddle, thrusting her nightcap over the banisters just as Mr. Pickwick, followed by Mr. Tupman, emerged from the sitting-room.
Mr. Simpson mused for a few moments after this, and then, thrusting his head out of the window, gave a shrill whistle, and pronounced some word aloud, several times.
Sam, with his glued to Job's countenance, ran up against the people who were walking about, and fell over little children, and stumbled against steps and railings, without appearing at all sensible of it, until Job, looking stealthily up, said--'How do you do, Mr. Weller?''It IS him!' exclaimed Sam; and having established Job's identity beyond all doubt, he smote his leg, and vented his feelings in a long, shrill whistle.
In the splendor of a yellow-and- violet morning, ten days after his arrival, he was roused from his sleep by a small, shrill voice in the veranda demanding the immediate attendance of the new Englishman.
He was answered by a chuckle from the escort, and two shrill screams of delight from the occupants of the barouche.
On the left was an old abandoned mill, with its motionless wings, from the ruins of which an owl threw out its shrill, periodical, and monotonous cry.
Hans went on as quietly as if he were on level ground; sometimes he disappeared altogether behind the huge blocks, then a shrill whistle would direct us on our way to him.
My uncle waved his whip in the air with a shrill view- halloa.
We could hear the crack of the whip in front of us, and the shrill voice of Lady Lade as she screamed to the horses.
Lady Hamilton ran to his assistance, but no sooner had she glanced at the paper inclosed than she burst into a shrill scream, and throwing up her hands and her eyes, she sank backwards in a swoon.
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