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Meanings of high-keyed in English
Usage of high-keyed in English
1
It would have been effective in the midst of all this high-keyed architecture.
2
In a voice loud and high-keyed, yet not unmusical, she cried:
3
His voice lacked volume, and seemed thin and rather high-keyed.
4
Her pose was rigid and unmoving; an attitude of distress and high-keyed misery of spirit.
5
So with high-keyed, feminine laughter and much dust, passed the exploring party from the Rocking R.
6
Unexcited he raised his voice, high-keyed, as was usual with him, but clear, untremulous, and firm.
7
A moan of wind in the mesquite was occasionally pierced by the high-keyed yelp of a coyote.
8
It was the high-keyed wailing of this same man-child wanting his bottle, but it eluded Bud completely.
9
Again the professor burst into high-keyed laughter.
10
Pretty soon I heard a low, high-keyed, squeaking noise, accompanied by a slight rustle inside the nest.
11
With cessation of physical pain and the exhaustion of the high-keyed string of his mind, came blessed reaction.
12
It is one high-keyed, humming roar.
13
These high-keyed expectations were not disappointed.
14
Myles, in his high-keyed nervousness, could not forbear a short hysterical laugh at his friend's warmth of enthusiasm.
15
He liked the boy's high-keyed energy, and he liked the idea of welcoming another person into our little family.
16
Rutherford, having a high-keyed voice, was a poor speaker; but that did not prevent him from holding multitudes spell-bound.