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Meanings of shrill (shrilled) in English
Synonyms
Examples for "pipe"
Examples for "pipe"
1
You interrupted a perfectly good pipe, I'll have you know, young lady.
2
Same pipe, same function, same physical connection to your home, different treatment.
3
Is a sustainable work place within Ireland achievable or a pipe dream?
4
The Company has two segments: pipe business, and oil and gas business.
5
In this they pipe and revel; in this they sing and dance.
1
Even the discordant shriek of the steam-whistle has been superseded in Freeland.
2
The shriek of the wind and the crash of waves grew louder.
3
The shriek was still ringing in my ears, when the captain roared-
4
Now and then from the harbour came the shriek of a siren.
5
The gargoyle took a step forward and she gave a small shriek.
1
We're not shy to pipe up if we feel wronged or aggrieved.
2
I smoked my first pipe up there, and wrote my first verses.
3
Eli picked the pipe up in his hands and turned it over.
4
Very well, then, who am I to pipe up with my opinions?
5
So when I saw the opportunity there I just had to pipe up.
Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones.
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Usage of shrilled in English
1
Okeke was about to ask another question when a phone shrilled loudly.
2
The holy office proceeded; the Sanctus bell shrilled for the first time.
3
The children shrilled as they ran: high-pitched screams and barks and moans.
4
Before I could consider the possibility, the landline shrilled its after-hours ring.
5
Their kith who had infested the southern endcap organs shrilled in reply.
6
As my pupils dilated, a parrot shrilled greetings in Spanish and English.
7
The calls shrilled and the marines' bayonets flashed in the bright sunlight.
8
The wind shrilled around me and made the trees' bare branches clatter.
9
A little pause, during which crickets shrilled, then, in a softer voice:
10
Raising his face to the moon, Tarzan shrilled forth his hideous challenge.
11
He pulled a police whistle from his pocket and shrilled a signal.
12
For two hours, through that cold and gloomy audience, shrilled the Death-speech.
13
Allday glanced up at the skylight as the boatswain's calls shrilled impatiently.
14
The jaxes shrilled and stamped as the cart bumped through the trees.
15
Banks set his lips grimly, and his voice shrilled a higher key.
16
Then there was a mix-up under Upper's goal and the whistle shrilled.
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Shrilled through the time
Shrilled across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common