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 • Apr. 29, 2025
Chinese diplomacy under the rule of President Xi Jinping has become noted for its shrillness.
From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2023
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 • Mar. 14, 2020
But he also injects into Trump’s speech an exaggerated shrillness, a pinched whine, that, when paired with the low notes, makes each sentence a broadly comedic seesaw.
From The New Yorker • May 8, 2017
All at once we heard the crow of a cock coming up with preternatural shrillness through the clear morning air; Count Dracula, jumping to his feet, said:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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