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Meanings of shrilly in English
Spanish
de manera chillona Usage of shrilly in English
1
The wood-pigeons were cooing, the young rooks cawing shrilly in the rookery.
2
The winds whistle more shrilly in the stillness of that lonely hour.
3
She laughed shrilly and the two men joined in with low guffaws.
4
It was Buttons's turn to scream, shrilly for the pain was great.
5
It was the same tune, curious, syncopated and piercing the night shrilly.
6
Those about him laughed shrilly in their joy or wept or prayed.
7
He blew the whistle shrilly, then folded it back and screamed down.
8
It was then that he heard the sound of someone whistling shrilly.
9
He whistled shrilly twice, and began a slow retreat toward the hills.
10
Target snorted shrilly and started back from the water, ready to stampede.
11
The mere thought turned him sick, and he whistled shrilly as before.
12
A scream, and the woodcock, trumpeting shrilly, is drawn into the depths.
13
The woman called out shrilly at the open door at the back.
14
The dragon laughed shrilly; the draconians joined it, gurgling and croaking horribly.
15
A guitar and a tambourine competed shrilly with the drum's dull booming.
16
And in the silence a single voice in the awestruck crowds cried shrilly:
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Shrilly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common