shriller
- comparative of shrill.
Example Sentences
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Ethan Hawke registers in a much lower key, which counterbalances Amanda’s shriller moments.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2023
"We are seeing the rhetoric on topics like migration get shriller," said Stefan Marschall, political scientist at the University of Duesseldorf.
From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2023
Three decades on, the tone has become shriller.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2022
Where the EP gave it Plant’s rich tenor core, the album leaves him shriller and scratchier, closer to Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe or Geddy Lee of Rush.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2018
Longer and shriller than usual, it seemed to Bridge.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
