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
"Oh, won't somebody please think of the style?" they shrilled, arms out-stretched and tears in their eyes.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2012
The biometer shrilled again: temperature 102.5 and climbing.
From Nature ● Jun. 29, 2011
Far away, a stream pattered through reeds, while near at hand bush babies shrilled at the unwelcome presence of Ear, Eye and Arm.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
