shrillness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The ashram she built in the Santa Monica mountains was as subversive as any free school or fringe arts cohort, just without the shrillness of dogma.
From Los Angeles Times
Chinese diplomacy under the rule of President Xi Jinping has become noted for its shrillness.
From Washington Times
Gates, who worked on Jordan Peele’s “Us” and “Get Out,” along with series like “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” brings performers into his sound booth to deliver the exact shrillness or suffocation the director envisions.
From New York Times
Never mind that the operating principle behind Trump's tweeted shrillness is to emulate the shrillness for which North Korean state TV is so famous.
From Salon
It can be seen, too, in the toxic, self-interested shrillness with which some fans have greeted the havoc of a truncated season.
From The Guardian
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