shrill
adjective
high-pitched and piercing in sound quality.
shrilled
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past participleof shrill.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof shrill.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shrilladjectivehigh-pitched and piercing in sound quality.
Example Sentences
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"Prepare for a hard landing," Deutsche Bank shrilled in a Wednesday report.
From Reuters ● Apr. 21, 2022
Magnets, magnets! shrilled my landlady, when I got back from weeks of doing what I was doing.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019
The biometer shrilled again: temperature 102.5 and climbing.
From Nature ● Jun. 29, 2011
"We love you Oxford, we do!" the children shrilled.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2010
"Black men, I'm proud of you," the West Indian woman shrilled.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
