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’s something of an endurance test, but the shrillness of the scene serves a purpose, creating a strong contrast with an episode that’s otherwise either more moody or more broadly comic.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2017
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
The organ grinder’s tune was sad under its lilting shrillness.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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