shrill
adjective
high-pitched and piercing in sound quality.
was shrilling
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past progressiveof shrill.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But in London last week a butler was shrilling secrets from the housetops.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the music of the pearl was shrilling with triumph in Kino.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
"Startling news from Samavia," the newsboy was shrilling out.
From The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A telephone bell was shrilling at the editor's elbow.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
And as I ran, the master-anachronism of that menacing mad march music was shrilling in my ears.
From No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber
