| 单词 | shrill |
| 例句 | A shrill trumpet call had pierced the air. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They are not fretful, nervous, or shrill; they do not have lovely black necks that stretch as though against an invisible collar; their eyes do not bite. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Letting out a loud shrill cry, I squirm out of his grasp and kick to get away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was awakened in the morning by the shrill voices of children—Shae’s nieces and nephew—who ran into the room and pounced on Shae’s sleeping form, startling a yelp out of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When Aunty Ifeoma woke me up, the room was dim and the shrills of the night crickets were dying away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The big steel hinges squeak shrill and sharp as the door opens. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran tried to sound stem and lordly, the way Robb did when he made a command, but his voice betrayed him and the words came out in a shrill squeak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What is it then?” shrilled a woman’s voice. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Pong ignored her, entranced by the orb’s shrill whine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He pranced up, his hind quarters leaping independently from side to side, nose close to the toad, his voice shrill with enthusiasm. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A shrill clamor filled my ears as my room swam into focus. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The shrill wail of a girl rose above all the other noises. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Van Eck pulled a whistle from his pocket and blew a shrill note. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Her shrill voice—and her tiny feet beating on my skull—made me wince. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The two of them scream a loud shrill scream that echoes through the air. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Again she called the dog, louder this time, her voice shrill and shaky with fear, her eyes fixed on me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “My son serves on the Council of Defense, for example. And Mr. Nefrger on the draft board, and—” Each word she spoke got higher and more shrill. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand,” she says, her voice shrill and confused. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The sound rang out piercingly shrill and sweet, and almost before the echo rebounded a joyous, answering bark rang around the surrounding hills. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I fall into a deep sleep until the shrill ringing of the phone next to my head wakes me up again a few hours later. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z We hear it, shrill and silver, an echo from a volleyball game of long ago. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A shrill voice was laughing, the woman was screaming, and Harry knew no more. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I clamped my mouth shut, aware for the first time that the shrill sound was coming from my own throat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm could hear Lyra crying, not with shrill fear but with a steady note of complaint at the cold and the wet and the incessant lurching of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There was an earsplitting shriek, so shrill several beastkeepers dropped to their knees at the sound of it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Their shrill whisper was an explosion inside Sierra’s aching head. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The boar had a similar squeal, but what we were hearing now seemed higher pitched, shriller, almost like... like if the boar had an angry girlfriend. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The girl’s voice, underneath his, was tentative and shrill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the distance a child was crying shrill and high. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A shrill cry rang out in the night; and he felt a pain like a dart of poisoned ice pierce his left shoulder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One shrill ring was all it took to get me into the kitchen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It got louder and shriller until it was too loud to bear. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z In fact, the only thing that appeared three-dimensional about Boori Ma was her voice: brittle with sorrows, as tart as curds, and shrill enough to grate meat from a coconut. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z His dreams had been noise, the birdscream of thousands, a shrill wail that came on like day itself until his own voice was swept away with it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Their voices sounded strange: too deep, too shrill. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z His pipe flew out of his mouth and went clattering over the rocks, and the second scream he gave was so shrill and loud that all the seagulls on the island rose up in alarm. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She chanted the words in a shrill rhythm. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He seemed to be trying to twist round, so as to go legs first, when suddenly with a shrill whistling shriek he fell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Carolyn makes a bright yellow banner with the words “abrasive,” “aggressive” and “shrill” on it in red, and hangs it outside the door. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Just one shrill blow and you will see your animal shudder with malaise and repair at top speed to the safest, furthest part of its territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The boy put two fingers in his mouth and made a shrill whistle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On and on she rambles in a voice as shrill as the electric blender. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Late Monday evening the shrill ring of the phone awakened me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A shrill yell went up: they had been seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Everything would feel cold and shrill and bright to them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There’s something shrill and hopeful and terrified in her voice. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A shrill cry of pain dragged my attention away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z First we heard a woman’s shrill voice and then Raymond saying, “You used me, you used me. I’ll teach you to use me.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z We could barely hear each other over the crisp staccato pounding of the conga drums and the shrill brass sections blaring from their stereo. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The old man’s shrill cackle sounded as he tugged his donkey to its feet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The shrill sounds hit me in my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Pain, excruciating at times, filled his days like a shrill and constant noise. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What is your father doing?” she hollered in a voice as shrill as the fire whistle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She heard shrill voices at the marketplace: women shouting outrage at the prices, vendors shouting in reply. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless, and Ron seized his opportunity. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And from those evil heads there came a high shrill cry that echoed in the towering walls before him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Their baby voices shrilled out in Handel’s “Largo” and they knew it merely by the title of “Hymn.” little boys whistled part of Dvorak’s New World Symphony as they played marbles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was ahead of me, angry and shrill, and upon hearing it I had a sensation of shock and fear such as I had felt as a child when surprised by my father's voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The doorbell chimed again: three quick, shrill buzzes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He’s good at it A shrill voice had announced the departing flight to Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But these are not the shrill battle cries I have expected any moment. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z There was a commotion at the locker room door and the manager’s voice was raised in a shrill, feckless protest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something sickening about the shrill urgent summons of the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I hear a shrill sound, like a toy trumpet. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Up ahead, a squad of dactyls huddled at the edge of the building, sunning themselves and chattering in shrill squawks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was the sound of witchery: smashing through the night, shrill and cold as black metal. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They were playing the riau-riau music, the pipes shrill and the drums pounding, and behind them came the men and boys dancing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A shrill, tinny whistling was filling the room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Tendai, for a moment, had actually been in the clearing, listening to the shrill, welcoming cries of the women. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z You could hear Mrs Jenkins's shrill voice all over the room. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The mmuo making its way down the road was surrounded by a few elderly men who rang a shrill bell as the mmuo walked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Olanna laughed too and felt for a moment that her laughter sounded different, more shrill, than theirs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Her tinkling sounded shrill and angry as she flew around him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Instead, their watches went off at once, a shrill beep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z His voice was high-pitched and a little bit shrill, like he had spent a lot of time standing on balconies screaming speeches through bad P.A. systems at the multitudes down below who feared him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Henry accelerated; the humming of the propeller shrilled from hornet to wasp, from wasp to mosquito; the speedometer showed that they were rising at the best part of two kilo-metres a minute. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky groaned and cracked, and suddenly the shrill, cold needles of rain pierced our hands and the backs of our necks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Car horns, shrill and prolonged, blared one after another. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The shrill low-oxygen alarm blared throughout the Hab as the regulator dumped pure oxygen into the atmosphere as fast as it safely could. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like the whistling of a piccolo many times magnified—shrill and shriller till it keened with the terror of a lost soul and filled the room with the piercingness of itself. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Their fat bodies shivered with rage and their shrill cries pierced the air. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a high, shrill whistle sounded, and after a few seconds Bubber came out from around the corner of the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And hearing it was like hearing the world's longest whistle blow, shrill, shredding his eardrums. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z "What is it, son, what do you feel?" a shrill voice cried. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman blew into the whistle, and the shrill sound it produced nudged away everyone around her like a tiny explosion. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Far away, a stream pattered through reeds, while near at hand bush babies shrilled at the unwelcome presence of Ear, Eye and Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” she said, “maybe I should tell you . . . Something funny back on the bus . . .” Whatever she wanted to say was interrupted by a shrill toot-toot-toot, like the sound of an owl being tortured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Her song grew louder, shriller . . . then she gasped, again and again, and her song became a shuddering wail, thin and high and full of agony. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And now, clear, shrill, exultant the song of brass was piercing the room itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Crickets soon joined in with their shrill, rhythmic song. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman reappeared in the open doorway and called in a shrill and angry voice to the tyke, who retreated inside. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dustfinger cursed under his breath, listened to the sounds of the night for a moment, then imitated the shrill cry of a bird of prey. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Big Creek High School, Mr. Turner said in his shrill voice, had been placed on football suspension for the 1958 season. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, that's all very interesting,” Esther's shrill voice replied, “but I would really rather receive that information from Mr. Getz himself. Please put me through.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At the sight of the flames and the irresistible course of the fire, the boys broke into shrill, excited cheering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z By that hour, we were usually an overheated, irritable bunch, and we fought each other—either with our fists or our shrill voices—for the seats in the bus nearest the Chief. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The elderly American lady’s voice rose shrill and plaintive. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The three shrill notes of someone demanding to be let in. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Real shrill and shivery and so loud it almost hurts my ears. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He realized that the cries, urgent and startling though they were, were too small and shrill for any kind of elil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At this there was a shrill scream from a voice Wang Lung had not yet heard and a woman thrust her face suddenly out of the gates. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The sturdy brown baby girl, the thin little naked boys, the half-grown children running and calling out to each other with sweet, shrill voices. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The shrill voice of Helen, a narrower edition of her mother, and Nancy, her horrid little child. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His voice sounded thin and shrill in his own ears. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z From the pond, in shrill chorus, came the voices of hundreds of little frogs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The shrill bell rings, and the classroom breaks into a flurry. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The inevitable pause, the glance at the watch unnecessary, as her drawing-room clock chimed four in shrill tones, and my rise from the chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “That’s just fine with me,” he announced gladly, and blew out a shrill series of whistles up into his mustache. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Across the water there were shrill cries, but nothing could be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z From the direction of the barn Jody heard a shrill whistling scream and a splintering of wood, and then a man’s voice shouting. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom’s voice, high and shrill like a bird’s. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “No we don’t,” Mr. Gonzalez answered in a shrill voice and slammed the phone down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only plus is that the farther we retreat into the earth, the less shrill the sirens become. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A shrill sound pierced the air, and at first Olanna thought it had come from the radio before she realized it was the air raid alarm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But she could still hear Vandara’s voice, shrill with vindictive accusation: “She eats a lot.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From every direction, Lyddie could hear the shrill voices of girls calling to one another, even singing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z At last the stairs were empty of clattering feet and the shrill laughter of young women at the end of a long workday. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Her voice over the intercom during the daily announcements had become shrill. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Now, the ball will be open only to fourth years and above — although you may invite a younger student if you wish —” Lavender Brown let out a shrill giggle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The cries from earlier are gone, with the occasional shrill note coming from the adults in the tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then his head jerked violently, and he let out a shrill scream, worse than the one before. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I mimicked her high, but never shrill voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I can still hear Mrs. King, spine straight and shrill voice booming: "How does this book make you feeU" She then made a few exaggerated yawns. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At the corner two bootblacks caught me, one on either side, shrill and raucous, like blackbirds. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider raised something to his mouth, a whistle, Magdalys realized, just as the shrill blast rang out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It’s a round sound, a warm embrace, not shrill like a flute. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Every movement and word on my part felt uncomfortable, shrill, or sharp, and I was beginning to worry that the feelings of hesitancy and awkwardness were never going to lift. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z All he’d do was hang with that hind leg and let out one shrill shriek after another as fast as he could suck in a breath. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The next moment you are startled by a furious outburst coming from a great troupe of monkeys, only outdone in volume by the shrill cries of strange birds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Not turning around he spoke in a shrill painful voice: “Say what you’ve got to say, Mr. Ai.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Like an old man with rheumy eyes watching children play, seeing only transience in their shrill elation and their wholehearted commitment to life. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think there are two babies this year,” Axel says, the shrill calls still fresh in his mind. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The wind cut like a knife up here, and shrilled in the night like a mother mourning her slain children. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A few long notes and silence, the thunderous silence of the drums; then shrill, in a neighing treble, the women’s answer. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He whistled it, loud and shrill, by doubling his tongue behind his front teeth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing I remember, Charles was lifting me and I was laughing—a shrill, demented howl. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When she had awoken to the shrill scream of the smoke detector, she ran from room to room looking for him, for Lexie, for Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Birring...the alarm clock, which raises its shrill voice at any hour of the day or night, whether you want it to or not. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The show itself attracts bad adjectives: “abrasive,” “aggressive” and “shrill.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was starinfg at her; no one seemed to notice the increasingly shrill squeals. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Sorenson is nodding slowly, as if to say Now, now, it was just a thought, don’t get shrill, let’s all calm down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z From one of the coaches came the shrill blow of a whistle, followed by the gleeful cry of “Let’s go, men!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the steady tolling of the hour, but a shrill clamor, high and percussive—a sound of alarm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was no sound close by, but behind and below them, from the water meadow on the nearer bank of the Test, came faintly the shrill, incessant fussing of a pair of sandpipers. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It came out a lot louder and shriller than I intended, but when Sally looked up, she smiled. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The shrill ring of the telephone upset me even more now that I had seen my enemies. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Each footfall made a shrill squeak on the waxed marble floor, standing out amid the rumble of sensible business footwear. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A shrill voice cried, “Stop that at once, you fiend!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As her voice grew more shrill, her neighbors did come to listen and look. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Certainly, madam," he said, and he put two fingers into his mouth and blew a long shrill whistle. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z One voice, high and shrill, rose above the tumult. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Miss Lilian’s hat hid her face, but her voice was shrill with excitement. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z But the moment Jinny turned her back to pluck at a fresh batch of shells, Ess let out a shrill, earsplitting scream. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “What does that mean, sir?” the chaplain persisted in a voice turning shrill. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Jeweled dragonflies hovered like shrill children’s voices in the sun. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Briony, engaged in a shrill response to her brother's suggestion, writhed in his arms and turned her face from her sister and half buried it in Leon's jacket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Church bells clang, and in the harbor, ships blare their foghorns and steam whistles shrill. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Fine. Be that way,” he says, his voice shrill. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They became aware of the noise that was the background to this fight, the steady shrill cheering of the tribe behind them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She heard the shrill voices of the boys and suddenly she nodded her head as if she understood. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Elongated and narrow, like pieces of blackened leather, the tongues were threaded along a length of copper wire, one tongue overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have time!” a woman shouted, her voice shrill. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sky bloomed in the window for a moment like the blue honey of the Mediterranean--then the shrill voice of Mrs. McKee called me back into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z From behind me, Hattie shrilled, “Go to your room this instant. I command you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A long, shrill whistle blew, and the jackhammer men scrambled quickly to the tops of their lines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was a little while before Harry became aware that the voices of Katie Bell and her friend, which were being carried back to him on the wind, had become shriller and louder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It pierced the aluminum floor of the cabin; there was a shrill yell, and the machine went rocketing up into the air with all the acceleration that its super-charger could give it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He squealed high and shrill, and I saw the blood spread upon him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “You’re an unreasonable—” My voice became shrill, but I censored myself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Out of the shrill pitch of shouts and screams he caught a few distinct words: “. . . turn ’im loose. ...” “. . . give ’im what he gave that girl. ...” “. . . let us take care of’im. . . .” . . bum that black ape. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Pucker up!” she says with a shrill whistle. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z The wind whistled in his ears, and the bells upon the harness rang wild and shrill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Hooray, hooray, splendid, hooray!” she cried in her shrill little voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z A shrill snarling came from her set teeth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The siren died and began again, on a high, shrill note this time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I’d stacked the dirty dishes and was filling the kitchen sink when I heard it—a shrill, strangled cry that began in one key and ended in another. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At the shrill whine of the bomb everyone cowered on the ground. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The radio announcer’s voice was shrill: the Communists would show no mercy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It consisted of shrill cries and protests in a woman’s voice. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get to work, you indias” I scolded them in a shrill voice, strutting around just like Mariana. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sorrow’s shrill voice cut like a rusty knife. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She was a daughter of Athena, not some shrill girlie victim in a horror movie. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Outside, it’s cloudy, shrill with wind blowing through the cypress trees. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Your alarmed animal must associate its increasing nausea with the shrill cries of the whistle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Ava Willis’s voice was so loud, I overheard her shrill questions. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His heart beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the maybe pearl shrilled in his ears. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The chipmunk’s shrill voice cut through the silence, and its claws scrabbled up the dresser as the cat half sprang—but recollected himself in time and slipped but of the door after the grosbeak instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hornet pressed a button on the telephone and Esther's voice shrilled through Victor's office. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His friends behind him began to yell with shrill, excited voices. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Next morning they had just finished breakfast when they heard a shrill, exciting sound from outside. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z When a cry comes from high inside the nest, shrill and lightning quick, Ray bounces on his back legs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That night as he started to get into bed, leaving the light off so as not to wake the little girls, he was surprised by May Belle’s shrill little “Jesse.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z High and shrill, the barely human shriek echoed across the stone courtyard; every kid in sight turned to look toward the source. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My voice sounded shrill in my own ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The docile, obedient student came home a shrill and precocious son who insisted on correcting and teaching his parents with the remark: ‘My teacher told us....’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have heard enough,” she says in a shrill voice. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Scipio was startled by the sound of his own voice, high and shrill. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He could not make out what it said, but he heard the Gaffer’s answers, which were rather shrill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her voice sounded shriller than usual, but I guess that wasn’t surprising given what she was fighting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He was a shrill, rat-sized dog that forgot his house training when he got excited. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Its yipping was shrill and annoying in the extreme. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, in the shrill, silent aftermath of his suicide attempt, she wondered how much they had masked with all that laughter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The shrill Klaxon startled Turner into a sudden fury. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Every time Luke’s head twisted because of a falling plate, a shrill voice from the kitchen, it grated on Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But the tiny mouth remained open and twisted, and the crying was so shrill she wondered if it hurt the tiny body. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Johnny gave his first shrill blast on his whistle, and he heard whistles and cries seemingly in all directions, Indian war whoops, and ‘Boston Harbor a teapot tonight!’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wild and exulting, like a hawk’s shrill cry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I planned a lamp of a turtle shell with a deer-hide wick, and as I was cutting off a piece of hide, I heard a shrill scream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The pixies were electric blue and about eight inches high, with pointed faces and voices so shrill it was like listening to a lot of budgies arguing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He knew every country song ever created by heart and belted them all in a shrill wail the whole way to wherever we went. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She screamed, a long and shrill animal screech. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Our parents—” I began, but Miss Lilian interrupted, her voice shrill. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The shrill whistle of the Devlin Coal Mine signaled the end of one shift and the beginning of another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Longer and shriller than usual, it seemed to Bridge. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Ade burst out, and if I had not known that slightly shrill voice, it would have been hard for me to imagine the round, laughing Ade sounding that way, so angry. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mami’s screams got louder and more shrill as we walked away from the house, as if she could feel us leaving. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In it we heard a shrill laugh from a high window in the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her feelings became too deep for words, and she spluttered into a shrill wail. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A shrill bark made Nhamo jump back with the knife raised over her head. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came a blast of savage wind, and with it, mingling with its roar, there came a high shrill shriek. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As he did so there came a shrill, vibrant cry and he caught sight, between the plants, of a brilliant azure bird flashing past over the open water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I meant to sound encouraging, but it came out shrill. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z That stopped the singing entirely except for one high, shrill note that had not been written in the music. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly I heard a shrill piercing whistle from above me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Reporters called her “a reformatory Amazon” and “an ungainly hermaphrodite, part male, part female with an ugly face and shrill voice.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Then he spoke, and his voice was shrill and cold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her own voice was shrill in her ears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His head was throbbing from a shrill clamor that drilled relentlessly into both ears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We could not rearrange his limbs so that his nerves might quiet their shrill attack; he desperately sought, but could not find, sleep’s oblivion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There came the tinkling of ice in a glass, the shrill of bells. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The shrill cries of babies, the repetitive moans, and the echoes of shallow, labored breathing bombard the large space. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian screamed in a shrill voice—maybe ordering the First Cohort to stand their ground, maybe trying to sing soprano —but Percy put a stop to it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Whoosh! went the air out of him, and he sank down on his side with a shrill and ululating cry, doubled up over his knees in chaotic agony and retching for breath. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Neighbors were running, shouting words that Olanna could not understand because the stubborn searing sound had shrilled its way into her head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Every now and then it cawed, a loud, shrill cry that made me flinch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The words come out shrill and accusatory, sharp as darts. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He began asking questions and I could hear myself replying fluently, though inside I was reeling with swiftly changing emotional images that shrilled and chattered, like a sound-track reversed at high speed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And what a din of voices, from gruff to shrill, as the waiters came round with more champagne and lemonade. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I cover my ears to soften the shrill screams, but it doesn’t stop the silver spears from shooting across the room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I could still hear her, though, it was nasty, it went right through me, her voice really shrill and desperate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not right, Master,” Simmon said, his voice shrill with worry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Despite Yutar’s shrill plea for their retention, Justice de Wet ordered them removed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They surrounded Mark and someone kicked him in the ribs; a woman let out a shrill cry and punched him in the stomach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z After lunch we worked until four, when the guards blew shrill whisdes and we once again lined up to be counted and inspected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A shrill sound went off as they drove out of Orlu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d never have caught up to that bus if it hadn’t been for the conductor’s shrill whistle, calling the driver to a stop. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Alys chuckled after listening to the shrill cry of the infant. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The man we saw on the ground probably lagged behind the other workers and didn’t hear the foreman tell them to stop. He might have worked all night, getting thirstier and thirstier—” “Stop!” shrilled Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon all the women were seated around picnic tables and talking in shrill voices. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Madam Hooch put her whistle to her lips and gave it a blast that sounded shrill and distant —-they were off. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Reassured, but with a dignity that was a trifle shrill and uncertain, “I’ve warned you,” said the nurse, “so mind.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And Madison, who had a justifiable reputation for making himself the calm center in the midst of all political storms, was being buffeted by shrill accusations from both sides. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A shrill shriek, suddenly cut off, came from an open window high above. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He put his pipes to his lips and played a shrill, lively tune. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A shrill jangling noise rang out in the breathless expectant air. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was standing in the dust of the fight, and as the tribe saw his intention the shrill cheer changed to a steady booing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After a moment or two I heard shrill screams coming from the rear room of the store; later the woman stumbled out, bleeding, crying, holding her stomach, her clothing torn. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Winston heard a succession of shrill cries which appeared to be occurring in the air above his head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The screaming was the worst, shrill and high-pitched, the kind of noise that made you want to cover your ears and scream right back. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z In my headlong rush I disturbed sleeping birds and their shrill cries and slapping wings hit at my face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as if he had conjured her, Reynie heard Constance’s shrill voice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Her voice became as shrill as fingernails on a blackboard. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z His voice, somehow tentative and a little shrill, sounded as though it had not yet settled into maturity. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There was a shrill wail from the other side of the room, one I had never heard before, almost like a car alarm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, she did. For the better part of an hour, I’m afraid. Your daughter’s voice is quite shrill, and coupled with her early-rising habits...” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time his voice was uneven, almost shrill. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the grandmother screams a loud, shrill cry. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife was shrill, languid, handsome and horrible. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I said yes, and as a result, I can still hear the witch's shrill cackle every time I reach for a broom. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Julius heard her voice, clear and shrill above the quietening crowd. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The drums pounded and the pipe music was shrill, and everywhere the flow of the crowd was broken by patches of dancers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Maybe night noises scared them—the barking of foxes, the shrill screech of owls, the rustle of unseen deer in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Children were everywhere, dodging in and out of the crowd and crying out to each other in shrill excited voices. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you wicked man!” she howled, in a voice just a little shriller than normal. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z His Aunt Petunia was awake and it was her shrill voice that made the first noise of the day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Not a funny laugh at all—but warriors’ shrill I-defeated-you laugh. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I heard a shrill, high, singing sound as the bolt that held the right propeller to the frame snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mrs. Little came down later and found them there, she gave a shrill scream which brought everybody on the run. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z There was a bang of drums and a shrill of fifes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He affected Alaska’s voice then, making it more shrill and headache-inducing than it actually was. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Chatter, chatter, chatter! I never heard such a place for chatter. There’s always somebody talking in this room,” said a shrill voice at the window. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z And there again, shrill and inevitable, was the ululation sweeping across the island. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Five days later, a newscaster shrills that Paris has fallen to the Germans, and the German people are overjoyed to see the Nazi flag hoisted over France. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I faced the shouts, cheers, shrill whistling, my eyes burning from the light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After about four minutes the telephone rang shrill and insistent, that irritating, monotonous note of a long-distance call. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It may have been only a trick of the wind in the cracks and gullies of the rocky wall, but the sounds were those of shrill cries, and wild howls of laughter. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I heard my voice growing shrill, but I couldn’t control it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Is that white stuff her brain?” a boy’s shrill voice called as I turned numbly away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the man’s shrill whistle sounding again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "Stay away!" he commanded, his voice gone shrill. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At once, Hermione Granger’s voice seemed to fill his head, shrill and panicky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Only his skull resisted; and the resistance increased the pain to a shrill whine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Someone laughed, a shrill cackling sound that made me jump. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He screams a loud, shrill cry, that pierces my heart like a stake, and I imagine that this, maybe, is how Pa died. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the shrill warning of a squirrel, it flew off across the trail with a sudden whirr into the trees, while the cat was still some distance away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She just managed to grab on to my hood and screamed at me in her shrill voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "Black men, I'm proud of you," the West Indian woman shrilled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They have everything,” a jet-black woman said in a shrill voice, “and we have nothing.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat there a moment before the memory of the shrill siren of the Recruiter’s whistle shoved under my feet like slivers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He’s Norman Drexel, a man whose day job is a toilet joke and whose family is shrill and unlikable. All the standard Larry David neuroses, now on Broadway 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Even if the venue's amplification renders everything a touch shrill, it doesn't detract from the energy and joyousness of the sound. Mumford & Sons and friends 2010-07-12T21:15:00Z I just stood there and read excerpts from reviews, especially the one that called me hunched over, shrill and irritating. ‘The Addams Family’ Musical Was Panned. Then It Became a Hit. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In "What About the Morgans?" she was the shrill ex-wife Hugh Grant still somehow pined for. "I Don't Know How She Does It" -- Sarah Jessica Parker's ego trip 2011-09-15T21:16:00Z Her outrage over the misbehavior is nuanced, not shrill, and she comes clean about what she sees as her complicity and mistakes. Review | ‘Swan Dive’ gives voice to every suspicion you may harbor about professional ballet 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z And I am fervently hopeful that at a time when we see se ever shriller argument in the public square that my children’s generation will maintain and enhance that commitment. Here's What Larry Summers Is Thankful For 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z FINGER, a bizarrely shrill harmonizing duo, sang some possibly filthy tunes, with half the words unintelligible. NW New Works Festival closes with strong Mainstage show | Performance review 2011-06-20T19:12:04Z Cliff’s unhappy marriage isn’t depicted as a site of conflict but as his endurance of the shrill and belittling rage of a shrew. Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Obscenely Regressive Vision of the Sixties in “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood” 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z From Reagan's much more successful political formula, Murdoch borrowed shrill anti-communism, a sometimes glib optimism about capitalism and a belief in America's right to world supremacy. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z The shrill yips of a coyote roused me during the night. Forget Coachella, there’s a vibrant, more affordable music scene around Joshua Tree. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “On low-dosage days the ground beneath her hardens, common sounds are shrill: Jackson’s cries more urgent, Nick’s words more hollow.” A California dream dead-ends in Joe McGinniss Jr.'s 'Carousel Court' 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z "We are becoming a very shrill nation" that calls for banning and burning "stuff we don't like." Indian fest hopes Rushdie attends, despite protest 2012-01-17T11:11:10Z An assault on the senses ensued: Kids shrieking in the surf; the lifeguard’s shrill whistle; music booming from portable radios; that unmistakable smell of sunscreen. This secluded state park on the Chesapeake Bay offers an alternative to summer’s crowds 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z It goes from rude staccato brass blasts to shrill winds, interspersed with gentler sections. Remarkable violinist, conductor were masterful pair at Seattle Symphony 2012-11-02T20:31:04Z Years later, in my 30s, the shrill and the lights of ambulances would induce acute anxiety, a feeling of suffocation. Motherlode Blog: Remembering a Child’s Grief 2013-05-27T15:16:21Z It's shrill even for ears accustomed to Boy In Da Corner, and that voice brooks no compromise. New band of the day: Scrufizzer (No 1,397) 2012-11-15T20:30:01Z Her access to top notes was never as easy as it was for Nilsson, who knocked them off like Ty Cobb in a batting cage, and her upper register grew unstable and shrill. A Tale of Two Sopranos: Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Lambert is an undeniable, if shrill, musical force, but her set felt like a tiresome commercial for her brand. Watershed country-music festival at Gorge packed and partying 2012-08-06T00:59:06Z Her powerful, luxuriant voice retained its warmth throughout the evening, with blazing high notes that were never forced or shrill, even when projected over the massed ensembles of orchestra and chorus. Review: In ‘Turandot’ and ‘La Bohème,’ a New Depth of Emotion 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The other track on the single, Time Changes, is faster and more furious electro punk but still manages, despite the shrill vocals and trebly cymbal overload, to keep things the delicious side of vicious. New band of the day ? No 808: Teeth 2010-06-15T15:44:00Z RN Rick Edwards presents a 100-minute opener to a more sedate UK version of the shrill US reality series. Tonight's TV highlights: Horizon: What Is One Degree? 2011-01-10T00:04:00Z Whenever I drifted into the middle lane, the guidance system woke me with a shrill beep, beep, beep! Away Is Home | When you’re on vacation, don’t try to do it all at once 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Suddenly, it seemed frighteningly easy to picture President Trump breaking into shrill German as he ranted to his worshipful followers about the need to show strength. Review | ‘On the Suffering of the World’ sounds depressing, but perhaps it is a call to action, too 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Well researched and high on derring-do, it shows McCann's gift for small, exhilarating lyrical flourishes: "a field of grass sleeved with ice"; the cold "shrill around them". TransAtlantic by Colum McCann – review 2013-06-01T07:30:01Z When two instruments intersected on a single note, he was not interested in smoothing it over, but in the slight dissonance of different timbres — a slightly strident flute, bisected by a shrill solo violin. Eschenbach and the NSO go almost modernist with Mahler 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Like a famous athlete trying to make a public-service commercial, she looks stiff and sounds shrill when the cameras roll. Review: To Shill a Mockingjay - Part 1 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z A deep grinding noise grows shrill and she thinks: Johnny is coming home. Extract: February by Lisa Moore 2010-08-06T08:53:00Z "On the one hand people may be saying that you sound like a granny, you sound shrill, but on the other, I guess that's what I think." New book satirizes reality TV, "PC Britain," media 2011-09-29T13:09:54Z As voices of intolerance once again grow more shrill and confident, such tangible efforts are needed just as much as Dahl’s delightfully wicked stories. Perspective | Roald Dahl was anti-Semitic. Do we need his family’s apology now? 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Marmots emit a sharp whistle, while pikas make a shrill peeping sound. Who needs Pokémon when you have real Washington wildlife? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The second half of the premiere is shakier, mostly because Carol skates so close to a shrill, bossy, buzzkill stereotype. Review: The Last Man on Earth Is One of a Kind 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Those who warble them onstage can seem “shrill or annoying or egotistical.” Books of The Times: Sing It Loud: Changing the World With a Song 2011-04-28T16:23:27Z I can't see her face, but her shrill voice echoes eerily around the urinals. Maggie's nightclub ? the ultimate tribute to Thatcher 2010-11-22T20:30:00Z When Mrs Clinton attempts this, with her voice high and loud at its peaks, she is called “shrill” and “hectoring”, while her laugh is a “cackle”—words rarely aimed at men. War of words 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z But in the end, the production’s alienating elements powerfully focus the attention on its characters’ struggles to assert their humanity and their passion in a shrill, material world. 'Manot Lescaut,' at Bavarian State Opera in Munich 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The tone grows ever more shrill and desperate. Movie Review: ‘A Haunted House 2’ Stars Marlon Wayans 2014-04-18T22:09:15Z You can't judge a book by the shrill reviews on Amazon. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z And those go-to descriptors for successful women — "shrill," "strident," "pushy" — are happily scarce. A gutsy trio of newswomen in Sheila Weller's 'News Sorority' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Chimo, a blazing comic actress, brings a bright, snappy presence to Chloe, whose shrill voice is like the squawking of a sea bird circling endlessly overhead. ‘Lips Together, Teeth Apart’ Revival at Second Stage 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z By contrast, as Renata, Svetlana Sozdateleva marshaled an array of colors, her soprano warm and elegantly contoured whenever she reminisced about the angel, shrill and cutting when her hysteria reached fever pitch. Review: ‘The Fiery Angel,’ Devilishly Tough Prokofiev 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z I could only express it in terms of musical instruments: there’s “piccolo pain”, which is shrill and piercing, usually from the plastic surgery. How Comrade Ilizarov saved my leg 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z And one other caveat, which sends the collective voice of 's admirers ascending into a shrill chorus: no freakin' 3-D. Avatar on DVD Review: Pandora's Skimpy Box 2010-04-24T04:50:00Z The shriller its didacticism, the more unhinged it becomes. Movie Review: ?Detachment,? Starring Adrien Brody, Directed by Tony Kaye 2012-03-15T22:50:47Z Mr. Ruzicka’s musical language is heterogeneous and fluid — by turns lyrical, dissonant, shrill and sparse. Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z It is a fine little corner, in other words, in which to escape the shrill din of a contentious political fall. Review: ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ and the Perils of a Pot of Gold 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z The misogynistic stereotype is that women’s very voices are grating and shrill, especially when raised in anything but a cheerleader-bright yell. Analysis | Women, once relegated to supporting roles, are becoming the protagonists of their own stories 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It seemed that all the attention and Zoloft in the world couldn’t help him, let alone visits with a buxom physical therapist or my shrill pep talks. My Father’s Last Romance 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The word shrill is interesting to me because I get called that all the time, in response to my writing. Feminist warrior: Lindy West talks about fighting the haters and the power of women just being themselves 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Just one of a number of terms including emotional, irrational and shrill, all essentially meaning the same thing: “crazy lady” or one who may or may not be on her period. Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The best response, then, to perceived flaws in a well-intentioned show such as is not shrill accusations of prejudice, but constructive suggestions for improvement. Homeland is not Islamophobic despite what some critics claim 2012-12-24T00:05:34Z The orchestra played with energy, but not much warmth, and sounded slightly shrill in the more ebullient passages. Music Review: Bright Uniforms and Brasses Perk Up a Stage 2011-07-03T21:38:54Z Anything soft lacks confidence; anything loud is your shrill mother-in-law. Perspective | Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Starkey, by contrast, is a profound mediocrity: he's shrill, cruel, yet a deeply ordinary writer and thinker. Has Newsnight lost its way? 2011-08-20T23:06:06Z There is the atmosphere he experiences as an assault on his senses and person; you feel the harshness of the “glittering appearances,” the shrill “noise and disorder,” the oppressive “tone” of the home. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z As she sang, shrill verses echoing in her tiny kitchen, she pulled from the fridge a chocolate-dusted icebox cake. Far from home, the dulce de leche cake I didn’t know I was looking for 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Ferrara, it seems, remains too disreputable a director to be introduced to polite society, and his film altogether too drunken, shrill and volatile to be paraded on the carpet. Cannes 2014 review: Welcome to New York - Depardieu's grunting triumph exposes more than just himself 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z He portrays himself as an American martyr for truth and candor, set upon by a shrill gang of unscrupulous pro-abortion fanatics. Perspective | Twitter is no place to consider abortion — but a novel might be 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z A few storefronts down, though, was a dunking booth called “Drown the Clown”; whenever a clown drowned, a shrill buzzer pierced the din. Arrivederci, Little Italy 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Tonally it’s all over the place: shrill here, lachrymose there, veering from brutal emotional manipulation to cuteness so sugary your fillings will want to leap from your teeth. The Book of Henry is a catastrophically awful film. Everyone should see it 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Back in the fifth century BC, someone decided schlubby white dudes were funny and women were either boring and pretty or shrill, emasculating harpies bent on killing a schlub’s buzz. Feminism can be funny too: Julie Klausner and season 3 of “Difficult People” on Hulu 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z But the shrill, thin vocal lines and blasting accompaniment were more ambitious than successful. A pleasant, if not ravishing, KC Jukebox 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Moss’s script is without the shrill, self-conscious worthiness that sometimes cripples productions with social mandates. | 'This Wide Night': Edie Falco and Alison Pill as Reunited Ex-Cons 2010-05-17T02:15:00Z Why is it that for all his formidable mastery at crafting complex male characters and unflappable dialogue for them, his female leads are so often loopy and shrill? Seinfeld and Simpsons – why your favourite TV show is problematic 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Indeed, it is so obviously common sense that to be shrill in asserting it makes you look . . . well, weird. Garrison Keillor v August Kleinzahler 2011-04-10T21:29:05Z IS the stiletto-barbed meatpacking district ready to grow up and evolve from shrill to chill? Bo?te: Double Seven, a Bar in the Meatpacking District - NYC _ Review 2011-10-26T22:22:23Z This is an industry where if you mention the idea of, say, forming a union, you'll just get shrill nervous laughter in reply. Alan Moore: an extraordinary gentleman ? Q&A 2011-07-25T12:47:07Z She sang an up-tempo “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”—a bit rattling, shrill, but the band was really cooking. Contemplating Molly Ringwald 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z As a result, much of the discussion tends toward the shrill or the defensive. Motherlode Blog: A Civil Debate Over Home Births 2012-02-16T17:21:51Z As Sarah, Hurster initially seems a bit shrill, with a thin singing voice, until she flies to Havana, when she reveals an endearing gift for physical comedy. 'Guys and Dolls' at the Wallis: Pared down but still full of punch 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The bird twirls on its perch, now fully working its audience, who in turn provides increasingly shrill appreciation. Not all animals have a use: The passing of John Berger brings to mind a prancing cockatoo 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z The shade of Shostakovich haunts many a page, never more so that in a grim, militaristic march led by shrill woodwinds. CSO and soloists shine under Dutoit, but Penderecki piece is dull 2011-03-18T17:25:13Z We decided to cut short our staring into webcams over the shrill whine of technical malfunction. Modern Love: A Role He Was Born to Play 2012-11-15T21:08:15Z There were two in last week's Episodes, a couple of shrill alarm calls in a series permanently set on snooze. Rewind TV: Boardwalk Empire; The Big C; Louis Theroux ? Ultra Zionists; Welcome to Romford 2011-02-06T00:05:43Z In my long life, I had seen a large white man stand up in a public arena and proclaim those words — the shrill, self-pitying complaint of the remorseless perpetrator — only once before. Donald Trump is always the victim, but never to blame 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z What we don’t applaud is nominating him for Ron Howard’s shrill, frantic, live-action adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic, which one reviewer simply called “an ugly piece of work.” Perspective | The 10 most baffling Golden Globe wins and nominations of the millennium. (Remember ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’?) 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “Oliver Parker!” is ultimately a shrill and superficial exercise in the durable but often wearisome practice of packaging pathology as entertainment. | 'Oliver Parker!': Elizabeth Meriwether?s Dark New Comedy 2010-05-20T22:00:00Z By contrast, she said, Ms. Gangitano, “holds gravitas with that thoughtful presence of hers, and she is so sophisticated, never shrill, very calm and serene.” Lia Gangitano, a Transgressive Gallerist and Art World Darling 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z A couple of sequences—a bachelor party on a barge, a shopping spree on an Indonesian island—prove that even excess can be excessive; these shrill, antic spectacles are less eye-popping than eye-glazing. ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Review: Conspicuously Consuming Fun 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z His sound is startling but rarely shrill, even as he opens up for big crescendos; he’s a crooner who contemplates pain with fastidious control. Sam Smith’s Sold-Out Show at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Eventually, “Sister” dissolves into something more dissonant, featuring the kind of shrill, twitching guitar work that Fleetwood Mac wouldn’t get around to until “Tusk.” The Singer Angel Olsen Is Present 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z But she’s barely in the movie, and when she is, she mainly dials up a shrill defiance. London Boulevard Calling: Don't Answer 2011-11-11T16:36:07Z Sally is a much more shrill character, and in the wrong hands, she would have been the uptight lady, some version of the mature scold who now appears in most Judd Apatow films. Nora’s brand new world for women 2012-06-27T19:36:00Z Becky Ann Baker’s character came off a little shrill in that moment, but here you see the concern that Hannah—and she—be able to survive this necessary passage to the next part of life. Girls Watch: A Spartan Existence 2012-05-22T14:25:30Z Doctor Who series nine trailer That shrill noise you can hear is the excited shrieking of Doctor Who fans. Doctor Who: nine things we learned from the new trailer 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z With Cameron, the stay-at-home half of the gay couple in this sitcom, the show sometimes walks a line in characterizing him as a shrill drama queen. Dead Tree Alert: Daddy Issues; Plus, What Shows Do Right By Dads? 2012-06-07T13:50:34Z Devoid of charisma or a third dimension, these contrived characters — whether dissolute or doltish, shrill or sheepish — rarely engage. Movie Review: ?Love? Is a Romantic Comedy Set in China and Taiwan 2012-02-17T01:30:50Z Now his dog barks, the phone shrills and the laughter of chorus girls taunts him; yet he can’t make a sound. TIME?s Favorite Cultural Moments of 2011 2011-12-27T15:00:22Z After listening to the shrill, artificial falsetto employed by Jeremy Strong in the title role of the new play “The Coward” for more than two hours, my ears were starved for silence. | 'The Coward': Rules of the Duel: When Facing Near-Certain Death, Employ an Impostor 2010-11-23T05:30:00Z At another moment, we read of Cressida’s “shrill laughter like ice being shaken.” Books of The Times: ‘Carthage,’ by Joyce Carol Oates 2014-02-05T21:32:23Z But that irony levitates the novel above what could have been a shrill parable about the evils of religion. Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z And if perusing that lineup you're wondering whether Churches adhere in any way to the label's "sound" and their seeming penchant for high female vocals, shrill synths and hooky melodies, wonder no more. New band of the day – No 1,295: Churches 2012-06-26T16:48:14Z The density of the African social setting eventually gives way to the shrill incoherence of the American one. Review: ‘Roots,’ by Alex Haley 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The news media, for their part, often reduce the issue of adoption to shrill headlines. Film: In Rodrigo Garc?a?s Film, Rare Insights Into Adoption 2010-04-24T02:37:00Z Ruffled Feathers on the Way to Swanhood Too sophisticated for its intended audience and too shrill for the grown-ups in tow, “Lucky Duck” is a rare miscalculation for the New Victory Theater. Theater Review: ?Lucky Duck? at the New Victory Theater 2012-03-19T22:05:17Z Brightening up as I saw the cast and gradually figured out the voice artists, I was swiftly disappointed at hearing so few echoes of Apatow's other work, and far too many shrill reminders of Sandler's. Zookeeper is a strange animal - a kids' movie for none of the family 2011-07-22T23:06:00Z The stamp and whistle and shrill of competitive cheering. When politicians really spoke in sound bites 2012-10-02T18:53:00Z She constantly walks the line between being strong-minded and shrill. Modern Family: get up to speed with series four 2012-10-05T12:19:20Z But it didn’t flatter anyone on Wednesday, least of all Ms. Zhang, whose lovely tone was often rendered coarse and shrill. Review: Zhang Huoding Makes American Debut in Two Operas 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z “Oh, God!,” a shrill voice sounded from the back of the dark room. The Impresario Who?s Keeping the ?80s Spirit Alive Downtown 2011-01-07T22:43:32Z There are allusions to charging tanks and the impermanence of life, punctuated by bright chords redolent of rave anthems and the shrill tone you get from disconnected phone numbers. Laurel Halo Shakes Up Her Sound After Partnering With a Humanoid Pop Star 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Are they — stop me if this one sounds familiar — shrill? Perspective | The men asking for our vote and the dudes they remind us of 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z As Rachel, unfortunately, Ms. Neufer strikes a somewhat jarring contemporary note and gets a little shrill. Review: ‘Nathan the Wise’ Brings a Morality Tale to Today 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Stapleton, who was known for her shrill voice, spent eight years on the show and flourished as the retiring homebody who was often at odds with her curmudgeonly and bigoted husband. Emmy winning actress Stapleton dies 2013-06-03T16:55:34Z She inspired Juliana, the heroine of “High Castle,” who has no trouble slashing a Nazi operative’s throat, as well as a number of shrill, carping, unhappy wives in other books. Anne R. Dick, Memoirist and Writer’s Muse, Is Dead at 90 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Toby Frow's production at the Globe is the loudest lesson, the shrillest of shrews – a scream. The Only True History of Lizzie Finn; The Taming of the Shrew; How Like an Angel – review 2012-07-07T23:05:44Z Around Hamm’s neck hangs a whistle, and when he blows it to summon the beaten-down Clov, it is piercingly shrill — a sound to cut through far more noise and distance than ever separate them. ‘Endgame’ Review: A Laugh at the Apocalypse? 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But the person on the other end of the line doesn't sound like Russell: it's more of a shrill whine, the vocal equivalent of nails on a blackboard. Groundhog Day: the perfect comedy, for ever 2013-02-07T20:00:03Z A red-tailed hawk circling overhead fired a shrill salvo that ricocheted off the marbled rock. Explorer: Bivouacking in Oregon?s Back of Beyond 2011-08-19T18:55:00Z Rehm has often been praised for maintaining a civil tone and a nonpartisan orientation in a medium that has grown increasingly shrill and polarized over the past two decades. NPR talk-show legend Diane Rehm will retire from broadcasting next year 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Above, the shrill blue sky of our little nightmares; below, the San Diego canyons among which Chandler was now buried. Impersonating Philip Marlowe 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Or maybe the tenor is sounding a note so long and shrill it seems like white noise in the background for everything. From Politics to Scandals, Sports Seem to Speak to Our Times 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Despite my unqualified support for the freedom to read, the annual celebration, which began Sunday, has always struck me as shrill and inaccurate. Perspective | Do we really still need Banned Books Week? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Is it a redundancy to note that the film turns shrill and hysterical, on the outer edge of control? Darren Aronofsky on Mother! - ‘Jennifer Lawrence was hyperventilating because of the emotion’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Barkin’s exhausting performance is too shrill by half but impressive nonetheless. | 'Another Happy Day': Sam Levinson?s ?Another Happy Day? - Review 2011-11-17T22:41:13Z His clarinet playing is, as always, sprightly and controlled, expressive but never shrill. Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z The fact remains, though, that the shrill screams that comedy is biased have been having an effect. Jon Stewart resigned, Trump is a joke and Larry Wilmore got canceled: Understanding the power of political satire this election 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Were it made by a different team, the movie might have been conceived as a shrill farce and been much the worse for it. In ‘The Humbling,’ Al Pacino Plays an Aging Performer 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Grinnell described a “surround” he participated in that same afternoon in which Pawnee warriors, still riding bareback and using traditional bows and arrows, silently encircled a herd then charged to the shrill cry of Loo’ah! Buffalo, the Pawnee and an Old Story on a Trip Across the Plains 2012-06-22T16:48:50Z Fortunately, the whole of this seriocomic assemblage, which opened on Tuesday night at the 59E59 Theaters in a Primary Stages production, is not as shrill or trite as some of its elements. | 'Motherhood Out Loud': ?Motherhood Out Loud? - Review 2011-10-05T02:01:58Z “She was clownish and shrill last night. Just awful.” For grateful NBC, Savannah Guthrie changes the subject 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Through their small blowholes, these instruments created high, shrill tones. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z What the shrill, ostensibly life-loving advocates who see the world in the starkest black-and-white terms refuse to acknowledge is that safe, legal abortion saves women’s lives. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z Stiller said he was originally told to play Frank in a meek, understated manner in contrast to the character’s loud, shrill wife. Seinfeld star Jerry Stiller dies aged 92, son Ben pays tribute 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z In this clever satire from India, a rural youth newly arrived in Delhi lands a strange job: shooing away monkeys from the city’s grand government buildings by making shrill sounds. Five International Movies to Stream Right Now 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z But even with Communists and Nazis fighting in the streets Gilgi feels an obligation to stay — though she wants no part in shrill nationalism. How a Grandmother’s Diary Led to a Long-Lost Literary Gem 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z His ambition was shrill, his gestures desperate and hard to respect. “Mad Men” eulogies: Pete Campbell, loathsome creep 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Musically, it's quite strong, though Duprels is apt to be shrill. Carmen ? review 2011-01-18T21:30:00Z I’d heard criticism that my timbre was a little shrill, a little forced. Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine 2010-03-20T04:45:00Z Although Mr. Hunter draws Charlie with subtlety and sensitivity, his writing grows more shrill when it comes to the women in his orbit. Theater Review: Shuler Hensley in ‘The Whale,’ by Samuel D. Hunter 2012-11-06T03:00:22Z The rest heard a voice that aimed for the operatic but ended up merely shrill. ArtsBeat: CMJ: Alex Winston's Mother Likes What She Sees 2012-10-17T14:31:27Z “That shrill, horrible voice was hilarious!” he says. Review: ‘Lady Dynamite’ Finds Surreal Humor in Mental Illness 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Collins’s Althea grows increasingly shrill and pouty as the play proceeds, to the point that her treatment of her fiancé seems to contain hardly a shred of real affection. | 'We Live Here: ?We Live Here? by Zoe Kazan at City Center - Review 2011-10-13T02:01:11Z The picture is wonky and the sound shrill. Direct from Edinburgh: Theaters Are Closed, but a ‘Zoo’ Is Open 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The finale walked a knife-edge between paranoia and celebration: Without stinting depth of tone, the orchestra made shrill hysteria seem perpetually around the corner. Review: David Robertson Leads the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Because if you take the Linney we've seen before -- a little gloomy, a little shrill – and insert her into this picture, it works so much better. "The Big C": Kooky, unsexy cancer 2010-08-14T23:01:00Z Today’s cocktail lovers want drinks in which the base spirit is a talented lead, not a shrill vaudevillian who needs to be smothered under a frippery of sweet juice and coconut. Can the piña colada be saved from syrupy flavors and sappy lyrics? 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Much as a break from the customary shrill voices of animated family movies is appreciated, Lucy’s shrinking-violet voice sometimes seems ill-matched to a character so fiercely committed to her bold crime-fighting career. Despicable Me 2: It’s Gru Love 2013-07-03T19:14:37Z Not that it mattered in the Beatles’ case: all that could be heard was the shrill roar of 56,000 screeching fans, and better amplification would hardly have helped. Critic?s Notebook: McCartney at the Plate 2011-07-14T22:39:33Z In a cameo on “The Simpsons,” she’s termed a “shrill feminist attorney,” and on “South Park,” an exaggerated version of her ridicules a gay man for being homophobic. Gloria Allred has been endlessly parodied. A new movie aims to celebrate her instead. 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Coltrane, through his saxophone, blew shrill notes to summon higher powers. 15 Essential Black Liberation Jazz Tracks 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Translating the director’s vision, Gates may start by perusing an effects database with entries like “shrill death scream” and “emotional carnage.” They Scream! We Scream! 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z There’s no way that forward-thinking bands of the sort that played the Pitchfork Music Festival would ever consider introducing an instrument so prim, so saccharine, so shrill into their music. Critic?s Notebook: Back to the ?90s, Tootling a Flute 2011-07-18T23:12:24Z She seems hysterical, over-excited and her voice, which in the novel seems to Gatsby to be "full of money", is here just shrill. The Great Gatsby on film: the Reading group's view 2013-05-14T14:21:41Z Unlike “Digital Barbarism,” Mark Helprin’s shrill 2009 attack on copyright abolitionists, these books are not the work of Luddites or technophobes. Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z Email can ruin your life Topics: , Careers, Computers, , technology I’m a writer, and back in the day I used to curse the phone for daring to interrupt my flow with its shrill cry. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z Ms. Nicholson, seen to better effect earlier this season in Melissa James Gibson’s play “This,” imbues Judy with a thoughtful placidity that is at least a relief when compared to Mr. Waterston’s shrill emotionalism. | 'Parents? Evening': Julianne Nicholson and James Waterston at Flea Theater 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z On a recent weekday morning, the shrill bleat of a drill unscrewing a wooden crate echoed over music playing from a small speaker in the building’s rotunda. ‘Futures’ comes alive in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Alice arrives to deliver a shrill invective to her father, who might be upset, although it’s hard to tell with the immovable face. Parental Guidance: Should Be Rated R for Rotten 2012-12-24T21:00:15Z His voice jumps skittishly between mannered baritone and shrill falsetto, swathed in a spooky echo that he neglects to turn off even when speaking. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – review 2012-11-09T16:51:59Z He plays the heartbeat, which rises from the machine in a loud, shrill electronic pulse. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z Onstage, free-standing doors turn into scrims when illuminated, revealing the TV actors, arguing couples and shrill commercials heard behind them. Spare Times for Children for May 10-16 2013-05-09T22:20:20Z Both of them seem determined to keep the shrill, bitter tone of real politics out of this fantasy. Bill Clinton and James Patterson Team Up to Imagine a True Fantasy: Sane Politics 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Sorkin tends to overstate and here overplays these introductions, cranking the volume to shrill. ‘Being the Ricardos’ Review: Kiss, Fight, Rinse, Repeat 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Though such details may seem shrill out of context, they are rarely strident in performance. Calixto Bieito Directs Williams?s ?Camino Real? in Chicago 2012-03-02T18:30:03Z In the end, the word “shrill” is not about the off-putting volume, pitch, or timbre of a woman’s voice—it’s an attempt to silence a voice. A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z There is still plenty of “shrill” in this show, but there is also a wealth of “droll” and “deadpan”: CBS’s ‘Mom’ Handles Issues Beyond Kissing Boo-Boos 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The fourth article of impeachment begins “she seems a little shrill,” and ends with copy-and-pasted text from the Wikipedia entry for “Parkinson’s disease.” Perspective | What if Hillary had won? A jolly trip down memory lane, alternate-timeline edition. 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z It is a bizarre take on a country revenge song, with Whack summoning a shrill twang as she muses that an ex reminds her of her deadbeat dad. Tierra Whack Stretches the Limits of One-Minute Songs 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z The most shrill complaint against Cameron's wheeze is that it's "censorship". Why such outrage over porn filters? The idea seems perfectly reasonable to me 2013-07-26T14:15:00Z With Sternheim’s spikier, expressionistic style, Ives’s reliable comic voice grows shrill. Review | You might think ‘panties’ in the title means the play’s funny. If only. 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z On the ninth movement, “Kamchatka Krai” — referring to a region less than 2,000 miles from Alaska, known for volcanic and seismic activity — she adds combative vocals and shrill electric guitars. Olga Bell Releases Her Russia-Inspired ‘Krai’ 2014-04-30T14:18:56Z The popular papers were shrill and mean-spirited, typified by their endless baiting of the England football manager. Film review: One Night in Turin 2010-05-06T21:30:00Z The opposition Democratic Alliance is meanwhile beginning to shed its image as a shrill, largely white, party and is growing fast. ANC's alarmist curbs signal waning support for ruling South African party 2012-06-06T16:06:07Z In the loud parts, the sound became shrill and a little off-pitch. Review | Justice Ginsburg presides over a gut-wrenching recital 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Wright, who was House majority leader at the time, was irritated enough by the antics of “silly little Newt Gingrich” that he complained about the “shrill and shameless little demagogue” in his diary. Newt Gingrich and the Dawn of a Toxic Political Era 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z I am awakened by a distant muezzin’s melodic call to prayer and, after that, a rooster’s shrill cock-a-doodle-doo. Exploring Petra and other archaeological wonders of Jordan 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Yet public comment is increasingly polarised and shrill. A forum to make sense of climate science 2010-05-27T08:00:00Z The students are told how the technique demands the quick switching of the vocal chords from a shrill falsetto "head" voice to a gravelly "chest" voice. Berlin is alive with the sound of urban yodelling 2013-02-08T11:38:13Z Rachel Nicholls can occasionally be shrill as Brünnhilde and one desperately hopes she will last the course of the Wagnerian vocal career that will assuredly now open up for her. Der Ring des Nibelungen - review 2013-06-24T10:32:45Z The writing becomes more shrill, the scenes choppier, the themes at once hectically muddy and overemphatic. Arts & Leisure: Film Favorites of A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis in 2011 2011-12-14T13:13:18Z “If you are,” she said, “you’re going to be seen as shrill.” They’re Mad as Hell 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z I suffered a few of those afflictions during and immediately after the 95 minutes I spent hostage to Ms. Murray-Smith’s shrill comedy about a feminist academic held hostage by a lunatic former student. Theater Review | 'The Female of the Species': She?s So Under the Gun, She Can?t Leave Her Desk 2010-03-01T05:40:00Z You can accurately date an episode of Come Dine with Me by the shrill desperation in Dave Lamb's voice as he tries to keep audiences interested. Has MasterChef gone off the boil? 2013-04-03T11:31:15Z But she refused to call herself the feminist she was in everything but name, dismissing the movement as whiny, greedy and shrill. Remembering Mary McCarthy’s Style 2012-10-19T22:52:01Z In its slow movement, for example, rapidly bowed, muted string figures were overlaid with shrill woodwind timbres, and within that high-contrast fabric a quiet, intensely chromatic piano line created an air of mystery. Music Review: When Soloists Don?t Necessarily Star 2011-04-15T23:01:47Z Rick Edwards presents a 90-minute opener to a more sedate UK version of the shrill US reality series. Tonight's TV highlights: Too Much Too Young: Tonight 2011-01-04T00:05:01Z Léo, his parents, the team, all of Brazil hung breathless, together, waiting for the shrill sound of the referee’s whistle. With the 2016 Summer Olympics just a year away, what Brazil can learn from World Cup 2014 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z She lists shrill, inaccessible, difficult, and frumpy among the words she says should be off-limits. Lena Dunham Says Don't Use These Words to Describe Hillary Clinton 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z And the shelves are particularly quiet — or unhelpfully shrill — on the more radical expressions of religious belief. Book review: ‘High as the Horses’ Bridles,’ by Scott Cheshire But when times changed, and it became profitable to move from honorable advocacy to shrill name-calling, they changed too. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z But in all those films, women have been secondary players -- untouchable hot chicks, shrill mothers, redemptive catalysts for getting jobs and selling off action figures. "Bridesmaids": A triumph for vomit, and feminism 2011-05-10T20:11:00Z The deference paid to the day’s horror was dignified, not shrill or maudlin, and typified by the tasteful memorial silver ribbons the Tony attendees wore. Critic’s Notebook: Miranda’s big night, and Corden’s larger truths 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z As soon as I said “Hello”, the shrill sound of an agent’s radio filled the room. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z And Azema, that ageless comic sprite, hogs the screen as Mrs. Mazel; she is the one shrill note in the ensemble. The Well Digger's Daughter: Scandal in the Sunlight 2012-07-20T17:00:07Z The lament of a mourning dove is accompanied by the shrill urgency of a red-winged blackbird flitting between field and power line. Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Yet the production’s shrill insistence on scandal-mongering as the poison of our political process is trivializing, too. ‘The Front Runner’ Review: All the News That’s Unfit 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The Lion Queen: Nala overthrows Scar and saves the kingdom, but is still criticized for seeming shrill and unlikable. Style Invitational Week 1357: It’s parody time! 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the right’s shrill complaints about cancel culture obscure this far more present and complex problem. Perspective | Did Facebook ‘cancel Abe Lincoln’? The truth is complicated — and alarming. 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z I came of age as a shrill young feminist during the Reagan era, and that experience taught me a lot about the power of reaching across the aisle. Not voting for Hillary? You’re dead to me 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Such was my epiphany one evening in Queens as I cowered behind an inflated yellow fort, foam-tipped arrows whizzing past my scalp, and shrill battle cries echoing in the humid air. Urban Athlete: Archery Tag Offers a Tame Version of ‘The Hunger Games’ 2014-05-08T22:15:54Z Even the term “rehearsal dinner,” for which Curtis is trying to dress as the play begins, strikes his father’s ear with a shrill sound. | 'Black Tie': Patrician Clan That Clings to Its Foibles 2011-02-09T03:01:04Z The occasionally shrill vein in his writing cost him both money and credibility. A Writer’s Controversial Past That Will Not Die 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z His half-sublimated wranglings with race are more complex and fraught than either his shrillest detractors or his most fawning defenders would have us believe. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z Rather than open up a compelling discussion about domestic violence, many fans saw Skyler’s lack of compliance in her husband’s schemes as evidence that she was shrill and unlikable. War at home: how Big Little Lies deftly dissects domestic violence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The show sticks closest to the viewpoint of the son, David, who’s positioned as the kind of common-sense audience surrogate Jason Bateman played in “Arrested Development” but is mostly shrill and unlikable. Review: In ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ a Spoiled Little Rich Family Starts Over 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Some mornings, the shrill yip of elusive coyotes can still be heard on the horizon, impossible to place. A Thanksgiving hunt to remind ourselves that dinner means death 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z New material from forthcoming album Chapter 2 is filled with deep basslines, his signature bass wobbles, and shrill, almost jarring injections of warped synths. Benga – review 2012-06-06T17:23:57Z She said she was particularly interested in the wide melodic leaps and in a certain shrill and nasal vocal tone she encountered in the speech and songs she studied. Vanishing Languages, Reincarnated as Music 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Twin Peaks debuted just as Reagan left office, when television still served as a tranquilizing retreat where shrill multicams, campy nighttime soaps and square procedurals ruled the airwaves. Do we need a Twin Peaks revival when TV is so much weirder now? 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Stop for a Shark Attack at the Tropical Isle, where bartenders shrill safety whistles and squirt grenadine into your drink via a plastic shark, mimicking blood in the water. In New Orleans, terrific cocktails never went out of fashion But with a shrill whistle and the screech of brakes, the train reminded us. Aboard the Winter Park Express, train it from downtown Denver to the slopes 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “When a man makes a point with passion, he doesn’t risk being labelled ‘hysterical’ or ‘shrill’. Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z And why do Jewish mothers always sound so shrill and overbearing on screen? Sounds Jewish: October 2010 2010-10-25T10:03:00Z Ms. Millit, who physically resembles Carol Burnett, is an operatically trained singer, but her shrill, brassy rendition of “My One and Only Love” on Monday evening hammered it with a brickbat. Music Review: Songs in Several Languages, Wisecracks Spread Throughout 2011-01-18T23:45:40Z Binoche is superbly entertaining as she first trills and shrills on the ways of proper womanhood, and then starts to relish the taste of new freedoms, like wearing trousers. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Great theater thrives on nuance and complexity; Trump is the opposite, and the artistic responses to a figure of such superficiality and vindictiveness have tended to be rather thin and shrill as well. Perspective | The president opens his mouth daily, and the American theater bites back 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Even now, women who speak forcefully in public are called strident or shrill. Review | Author explains history’s muzzle on powerful women. Removing it is up to you. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Frogs and magpies are loud and someone finds a leech and then another and another and there's shrill laughing. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z Daryl Freedman, who made a good impression in WNO’s evening of new works the other night, here sounded a little shrill; the full singing in the part of the mother evidently challenged her. WNO fires up ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ in a polished but uninviting performance 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z His voice was loud and shrill, almost feral. Along the Mississippi 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z He could be shrill and polarizing, a self-professed “troublemaker” who cultivated what he described as a “tendency to bring out into the open what had too long been swept under the carpet.” Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In this haunting piece, the members of the choir produced animalistic howls and shrill yelps, barks and sniffs. Review: In a Gilded Space, a Choir Reflects on War and Peace 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The tenor has become more shrill under President Xi Jinping who has tightened control over the media, political dissidents and the Internet and has urged more "ideological guidance" at universities. China classrooms must 'keep out' Western values 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z In your book you call her “shrill and unlikeable.” Bill James, True-Crime Obsessive, on the Genre’s Enduring Importance 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z With his shrill, acrid voice, filled with nagging indignation, he wants to goad listeners into taking action. Review: ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes,’ a Documentary About Income Inequality 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The tour also gets off to a bumpy start, with a formidably difficult aria from Grétry's L'Amant Jaloux that brings with it some aspirated coloratura and a couple of uncharacteristically shrill high notes. Sandrine Piau: Le Triomphe de l'Amour – review 2012-06-07T21:00:01Z There’s also his “shrill, high voice” and his “small shifty eyes,” his “rachitic little body” and his yellow platform shoes, his “damp” handshake and his nicotine-stained teeth. A Pulpy New Novel and Juiceless Old Essays From Mario Vargas Llosa 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z But there are also lots of shrill contemporary flourishes, as well as an electronic underscore for each mood, all created in a Berlin sound laboratory. Tony Kushner's Angels in America: the opera 2010-03-22T21:35:00Z I salute him for trying to make a Norman Lear-style sitcom of ideas; I just wish it were less of a shrill sitcom of attitudes. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2012 Cincy Awards 2012-12-26T10:45:07Z At this show, the low end was steady and convincing, but almost everything drizzled atop it fell flat, save for the occasional shrill techno injection, or a quick, uncommitted burst of dubstep. Critic?s Notebook: Electronic Music That Plays to the Senses, Both Sound and Sight 2011-10-11T21:56:21Z And if a man behaved as Ms. Allred does, he would not be called shrill, as I know she often is. The Avenger: Gloria Allred 2010-06-18T22:27:00Z The air smelled like pine and campfire smoke and a shrill loon call echoed off the granite shores. On the Water, and Into the Wild 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z “I think many right-leaning folks, in particular, have decided the reporting and commentary from Washington has become shrill,” said Lucy Dalglish, dean of the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. Perspective | ‘Dude fires people’: How the chaotic Trump news cycle confuses and misinforms the public 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Eventually three men dressed in black appear and begin to dance; the goat panics as they get closer and closer, its cries becoming increasingly shrill. Review: A Startling ‘Swan Lake’ That’s Hard to Recognize 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z But the movie wisely refrains from turning these pangs of desire and regret into shrill melodrama. Movie Review: ‘10 Years,’ a Comedy Directed by Jamie Linden 2012-09-13T22:55:13Z This gives people the feeling that their commentary should always be shrill. When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Teenage boys confided in me about their shrill, strict parents and I sympathized. All my parenting mistakes 2012-06-26T00:00:00Z The result is a shrill and misleading account. The shredding of Tony Blair 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z It is crazy in the American Girl store in Manhattan: ludicrously crowded with young girls, shrill and a little terrifying. Hey, Mr. Critic: What?s Crunchy, Sweet and Used to Quack? 2011-06-30T18:57:43Z She emits, for minutes on end, shrill, spitty whistles without even the pretense of a tune. Worst co-worker ever 2012-07-24T00:00:00Z I began searching for a good line in what’s known as the Old Area to the north when I heard a shrill scream followed by giggly squeaks. Canyons Ski Resort, Park City, Utah 2011-12-09T19:25:27Z She has the same problem that long bedeviled Sandra Bullock: she's a likable star who plays unlikable characters — shrill, bossy career gals desperate for Mr. Right — in bad movies. Box Office: Social Network Out-Races Heigl -- and Secretariat 2010-10-10T06:50:00Z More seriously, the combination of shrill child voices, British accents and heavy miking causes many of the lyrics to get muddled, at least to this American ear. Matilda: The Best Musical Since The Lion King 2013-04-12T03:00:16Z Its ghastly victims shrill and croon tunelessly from dawn until dusk. Alter Argo: Iranian film to tell other side of hostage crisis 2013-01-11T17:37:56Z When station directors were interviewed by Radio Broadcast magazine in 1924, they asserted that women sounded “shrill,” “nasal,” and “distorted” on the radio, and claimed that women’s higher voices created technical problems. A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z She’s a bit forced and shrill in her drunk scenes, but otherwise she underplays adroitly and flashes some sly humor. | 'A Beautiful Life': A Contemporary Romantic Melodrama 2011-05-20T00:08:33Z Many are weak men struggling against the demands of duty voiced by a series of shrill women who pale next to the mysterious Gonda, who is turned away each time. | 'Ideal': In Ayn Rand?s 1934 Play, No Shelter for Actress on Run 2010-06-24T20:37:00Z A Vatican source said "the pope is not thrilled" by the sometimes shrill tone of the debate even though he wanted to encourage dialogue. Vatican meeting a test case for Pope Francis' papacy 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Of course, Hill hasn't been inactive, spending much of his time hosting TV Burp – which achieved the remarkable feat of finding a place for truly imaginative comedy in ITV's shrill Saturday night schedule. This week's new live comedy 2013-02-23T06:00:10Z But unless you believe unconditionally in these relationships, Mr. Goldman’s dialogue of marital disenchantment sounds exceedingly shrill and facile. | 'Follies': Broadway Babies? Glory Days 2011-05-23T02:01:05Z They found that her so-called shrill voice was actually “average in pitch and loudness for her age and gender.” Perspective | What does female authority sound like? Marie Yovanovitch and Fiona Hill just showed us. 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “I paid my dues,” he said with a particularly shrill laugh. Jeff Hiller Walks Toward the Light 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Her voice was still a high, elfin soprano but no longer cartoonishly shrill; it had grown up to flirt, mourn and profess yearning. The Week Ahead: NOV. 21 ? 27 2010-11-20T19:34:00Z The stencilled dots and lines and fillings-in don't get more interesting when you do, and in any case the shrill insistence of the colour and tempo are so shouty you want to hang back. Roy Lichtenstein: too cool for school? 2013-02-18T18:15:39Z Yet Mr. Blakeley never lets the murders, always accompanied by a shrill factory whistle, divert attention from Todd’s gripping and ultimately heartbreaking personal ordeal. Theater Review: Ch?telet's 'Sweeney Todd' Stays True to Detailed Musical Roots 2011-05-03T13:00:07Z Experts say television news in India is facing a serious crisis, with debates among commentators becoming increasingly strident and shrill. Bollywood’s powerful file suit against Indian news channels 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z "We are in a culture that doesn't really embrace female anger or allow an outlet for it without a woman seeming hysterical or shrill," Pike says. Women who aren't 'likable' still a tough sell in films 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z He shuts his eyes – he can no longer distinguish ecstasy from anguish in his wife's shrill gasps. Woman Fish by Dorothy Tse, translated by Nicky Harman 2013-03-21T13:24:10Z The praise is never forced, the castigation never shrill. Kerry and Me 2010-06-25T05:45:00Z And there they still are, nearly three years on, languishing in an industrial park in San Ramon, and calling to me with increasingly shrill urgency. Should I defrost my freezer boys? 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Howls the shrill wind round Chesney Wold; the sharp rain beats, the windows rattle, and the chimneys growl. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 1: Bleak House 2012-02-07T09:59:35Z |
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