| 单词 | shrilling |
| 例句 | Through the window, Nat heard a fife shrilling and the thud of a drum. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavy dragon marched on its thousands of feet, and now above the drums came the shrilling of the fifes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while—faintly at first and then louder—came the shrilling of fifes and rat-a-tat-tat of the drums. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Still shrilling on the whistle, he fought and floundered against the tide of the crowd. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we hear a shrilling whine before another rocket ruptures nearby. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The crickets seemed to take up the conversation then; their loud shrilling seemed so close, although they well might have been miles away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Chase called, excitement and cold shrilling his voice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But the music of the pearl was shrilling with triumph in Kino. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z But Kino’s hand had closed tightly on the pearl again, and he was glancing about suspiciously, for the evil song was in his ears, shrilling against the music of the pearl. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Yankee Doodle’ filled the darkness as the eerie shrilling of the hylas fill black swamps in spring. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Mado Robin, a French coloratura, was recorded shrilling up to a B flat, but she never sang at the Met. At the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Thus was born the Nightingale of Samarkand, who was lowered in a cage during the bed scene while shrilling an insane modal tune to keep the Princess awake. The Princess and the Poconos 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z “All forms of comments on Taiwan independence are but flies ‘humming, with a burst of shrilling and a fit of sobbing,’” the Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office said. Evoking Mao, China likens Taiwan foreign minister to a 'shrilling' fly 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Across social media, people are shrilling with outrage over the noise. ‘Reimagined’: Americans forced to embrace new ways to celebrate Fourth of July 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Anyone who has thrilled to the shrilling of cicadas or marvelled at the bizarre behaviour of praying mantises will be entranced by this homage to the class Insecta. Big oil in the dock, the influenza trail, and insects as icons: Books in brief 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z On the hill, a breeze stirred the tall cypresses; swallows darted, shrilling, in the great bowl of light below them. “Cecilia Awakened” 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The feverish shrilling every time Tendulkar’s face appeared on the huge TV screens clearly proved who the real main attraction was. Shane and Sachin content as cricket looks for liftoff in New York 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Suddenly, hounds gave tongue with changed, almost intolerable eager note; there was a thud of hoofs all round her; confused cries; the sound of a horn shrilling to the gray sky.... The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Something began to penetrate to my veiled senses--a hoarse inarticulate cry, now deep, now shrilling horribly, which seemed to fill the wood. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "All the starboard watch!" he cried, shrilling his pipe as a sign that the play-time was over. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The carrier whistled to his horse, the cry of a peewit came shrilling across the moor, one wheel of the cart squeaked loudly for grease. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z It lost in a measure its former acute and shrilling pitch, and mellowed into a more harmonious and pleasant sound. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z There was a harsh interwoven shrilling of locusts and the echo—almost the feel rather than the sound—of thunder below the horizon. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z And through the darkness, shrilling high above every other sound, rang the mocking laugh of the impish dwarf. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Then it gained in volume and depth, and from the heart of the bass there arose a terrible, subdued shrilling—a muffled, raucous grating which touched some secret chord of long-past fear. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z In the long hall crossing the little one he could hear doors opening; the clash of questioning voices mingled with excited cries—And then came a girl's voice shrilling, "Isn't anybody going to do anything?" "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Across the river a group of hidden sawmills sent their raucous song like the high-pitched shrilling of distant locusts to tremble upon the still air of the afternoon. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z He heard the piping of signals, and a dull thud of leather against leather, then cries and a whistle shrilling; and then a great and triumphant burst of cheering from the Blue side. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z Like shadows we fled through the weaving shade With quivering moonbeams thick inlaid, And the shrilling bugles around us played— I dreamed that I fought the Dane. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z A second later Jibbey's shrilling protest died away in a gurgle of terror. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Suddenly, shrilling forth loud and clear upon the evening air, rang out the terrible war-whoop. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z O heart more cold unto my shrilling cries Than these wild hills that wail to thee, return, Than all these island rocks that shriek, return. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z My soul is caught in the web of the moon, Like a shrilling gnat in a spider's web. Eight Harvard Poets 2011-06-26T02:00:08.617Z Then I heard shrilling voices through the castle, that cried aloud, "Murder! murder!" The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-23T02:00:27.103Z “And with sharp shrilling shriek do bootless cry.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z For the open space in front of the council-lodge was alive with excited Indians, those coming in from without whooping or shrilling their war-whistles as they rushed into the thick of the surging throng. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z And all this had been accomplished without a sound, without a shouted order or the shrilling of a pipe! Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z At this end limp bushes overhang, Palely reflected in the amber-colored water; Among them a constant banjo-twanging of frogs, And shrilling of toads and of insects Rises and falls in chorus rhythmic and stirring. Eight Harvard Poets 2011-06-26T02:00:08.617Z They reached the ranch the next afternoon, greeted by a shrilling from the Captain that endured from the time they came in sight until VB was beside him. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z The wind was rising and shrilling louder and louder, and the sky was now of midnight blackness. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z Leaping on the pony of a warrior at that moment shot dead at his side, again he utters his shrilling, piercing whoop and strives to rally his band. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z From the shrilling of whistles and babbling of orders it was seen that the battle-ship was getting under way. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Vy to insure," the old man was shrilling, "if to send by you is, like you said, so safe? The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z From outside came the shrilling call of the Captain. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z The skies were dark, the mountain wilds awful in their immensity, in their deep obscurities, in the multitudinous sounds of creaking boughs and shrilling winds. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He heard the silver note of the lark, shrilling high and glad in the sunlight. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z The little creature was hardly half a foot in length, but it advanced upon Burl, shrilling angrily. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z The very shrilling of the crickets in the long grass sounds less shrill, and seems to rise and fall with the waves of heat. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z His shrilling did not cease from the time he left his tracks until, with front hoofs raised, a catapult of living, quivering hate, he hurled himself at the gray. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z And the crickets were shrilling yet in the grass. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Suddenly there was, as it were, a cry far away in the shadowy silence, and the thorn bushes began to rustle before a shrilling wind that rose as the night came down. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z It was a true bird-day, and his heart, uprising like the larks, was shrilling. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z But the reapers sing not in thy wheatfields: Tall sheaves wait ungarnered, Though swallows are shrilling in the skies. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z The riggers at the entrance leapt into sudden activity, and for five minutes the din and clatter of capstans, shrilling of whistles, and splash of hawsers in the water broke the spell of silence. H.M.S. —— No birds sang here; not even the shrilling of an insect cut the great stillness. The Man from Jericho He was even pleasurably, though subconsciously, aware of the poignant beauty of the evening, and noted the rich shrilling of a thrush from the alders by the stream. Beggars on Horseback There was a shriek that pierced above the shrilling of the cyclone,–a single human shriek. Into the Primitive The rest of the women were shrilling the same sentiments, drowning out the men. The Frightened Planet And all the time the police whistle was shrilling, and Dollops's voice was sounding, and the darkness was full of scuffling sounds. The Riddle of the Night High overhead, the Venice swifts flew shrilling as with ecstasy. Shadows of Flames A Novel Startled, he drew back, a cry shrilling from his lips. Bert Wilson at Panama The shrilling fife, and the roll and rattle of the drums! Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction At last, however, they gained their destination and immediately on the shrilling of an electric bell walked through a narrow hall misty with the fumes of Egyptian cigarettes. Carnival For of a sudden his ear had caught the shrilling note of a distant police whistle, and excitement swayed him. The Riddle of the Night From every side rose a shrilling of voices. What a Man Wills A great mass of them leaped from their cover, and shrilling their wild war-whistles, snapped their assegais off short, and bore down upon the handful of whites in full impetuous charge. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The answer was shrilling very, very faintly through that aching quiet, an infinitesimally tiny, unthinkably far-away murmur which yet pierced his ear-drums with the sharpness of tiny needles. The Tree of Life But even as he cried out, the music changed to an unbearable shrilling that was like a knife in the ear-drums. Red Nails We waited for the applause of the Earth people and the shrilling of the Martians to die down. The Holes and John Smith Almost instantly he heard the shrilling blast of its emergency bow jets as Gibson met the lizard swarm head on. The Anglers of Arz For Minton’s small family was uttering shrilling expostulation at the delayed meal. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Hardly were the words out than the bird rose, shrilling forth his loud, alarmed cackle. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion And now, where the foliage of the towering trees was torn back in a great arch, the insect shrilling ceased. Brood of the Dark Moon There was a confusion of voices about him and Kitty's raw shrilling died away. Assignment's End “Cleek!” he said, leaning down and shrilling a joyous whisper into Dollops’ ear. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories It has not always, however, been regarded in the same light, for Gay, in his “Pastoral Dirge,” among the rural prognostications of death, gives the following: “And shrilling crickets in the chimney cry’d.” Folk-lore of Shakespeare Ahead he heard new sounds, sounds like the meaningless cacophony the men had shouted at him before rushing off, superimposed over the incessant background sounds—the shrilling, the clanging, the one particular repetitive pattern. The Small World of M-75 Hark! from the glorious bands that lead the way, Harp, drum, and pipe, and shrilling trumpet's bray, Burst through the sky upon the startled ear And tell the Gods the hour of worship's near. The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa Through the music Charles could hear the stamp of her heels, the augmented shrilling of the castanets. The Bright Shawl Then one of them laughed—a piercing discordant shriek, shrilling louder than the din behind the wall. The Instant of Now "Lower away tops'l halyards!" yelled the Old Man, his voice scarce audible in the shrilling of the squall. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The shrilling of the pasture insects is everywhere and it is equally impossible to locate it. Old Plymouth Trails In the intervals of eating cake I shall write you, and the gramophone will be shrilling "Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green." Cavalry of the Clouds The lapping waves whispered enticing secrets, while the seabirds screaming overhead and the eagles shrilling from the sky promised wonderful adventures. Alaska Days with John Muir As he verbalized the conclusion two things happened—the drug-like languor in his muscles began to disperse and the shrilling note of terror burst up loud in his mind once more. The Instant of Now Above the shrilling of the gale we heard the Mate's bull roar: "All ... hands ... wear ... ship!" The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea There are others, far more in number who never hear the shrilling of the pasture insects. Old Plymouth Trails No sound was audible save the soughing of night wind in the trees, the shrilling of insects. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Now a small bird is shrilling with a fine insect tone. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 The silence of the little office was snapped by the nervous clamour of the electric bell, shrilling with a night call. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales Six sonorous strokes, loud above the shrilling of workshop signals and the nearer merry jangle of the engine-house chimes. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea At last the fox was caught with dogs barking, men calling, and banjo shrilling a triumphant strain in stirring climax. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains The peasant in his field of rice or tea, The prince in gardens dreaming by the sea, The priest to whom the sêmi in the tree Was but some shrilling soul's incarnate sound. Many Gods I heard his whistle shrilling in the air. Slaves of Mercury The noises of the city seemed to be wrapped in slumber, and the shrilling of the mosquitos was the only sound that broke the stillness. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories From near and far came answering marmot shrillings, and from near by a cony "squee-eked" his quick alarm. A Mountain Boyhood He heard the ball go shrilling past him and then splash and flatten upon a church wall beyond. The Spanish Jade The birds had long ceased singing, and only the thin shrilling of the locusts broke the August silence. Olive in Italy It closed reluctantly, with a loud shrilling of its frost-bound hinges and frame. A Breath of Prairie and other stories He brought home all the mediocrity of the night, all the shrilling gray, all the hunger, all the ache. The Web of the Golden Spider There came a shrill sound, two violins and a piccolo shrilling on the frosty air. The Rainbow There rose the clang of gongs, the shrilling of a Chinese pipe playing a mournful air in that five-toned scale Whose combinations suggest always the mystery of the East. The Readjustment There is borne in upon us, as we read, the realization of a wild and peculiar civilization; we get a breath of poetry keen and strange, like the shrilling of the bag-pipes across the water. Lady of the Lake It was the shrilling of a police whistle far off down the Embankment. Cleek, the Master Detective As regards sound, anyone can convince himself that the effect he predicted is a real one, by listening to the alternate shrilling and sinking of the steam-whistle when an express train rushes through a station. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Like a shrilling alarm the words spread through the city, reverberating from the dome, seeking out those who were in hiding. Empire How she would send it shrilling forth now! Judith Lynn A Story of the Sea Ormond raised his hand for silence, and again I could hear the shrilling of the bitter wind that was never still. Lorimer of the Northwest There came a sudden shrilling of the tuba at this moment. Border Ghost Stories A deep, melancholy chorus of frogs rose from the creek, mingling with the high, metallic shrilling of crickets, the reiterated calling of whippoorwills from a thicket of pines. Mountain Blood A Novel In ruin are the spacious, splendid halls With frozen forest of white columns where The Tartar Khan his palace builded fair, Where loneliest the shrilling cricket calls. Sonnets from the Crimea He could hear a band now, a shrilling of brass, the clatter and thump of percussion instruments. It Could Be Anything When the wind is from the sea, it is like a bevy of witches shrilling my doom down the chimney. A Village of Vagabonds The police whistles were shrilling their insistent summons for help, and Trenholme knew that the commotion had arisen in the exact part of the Quarry Wood whence the murderous bullet had sped that morning. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Then the rattle of little homemade wagons, and the shrilling of boy voices might be heard all over the wilderness, and the black-stained hands of schoolboys told of the day of the walnut harvest. In Our Town Above their heads a gull circled inquisitively, shrilling the high, thin Song of the Seventh Sea: astern the peaks of Ultima Thule faded like opals into the blue. The Long Trick Now and then he was drowned out by the shrilling of cicadas, but it was a delightful serenade, and he seemed to enjoy it as much as I did. Edge of the Jungle Children not yet abed played quaint blindfold games in which they made the moon their playmate, shrilling the distich: “Tell us, Mistress Moon, who ask it, What you carry in your basket.” The Proud Prince Overhead there was a thud of feet and ropes ends and the shrilling of pipes as the watch fell in. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Then, through the shrilling of the tempest, a gun roared to starboard, and at the flash a gun to port boomed, shaking our decks. The Reckoning Their cries, too, shrilling over the water, are like the screams of rapacious birds about to pounce on prey which they know cannot escape them. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Yet now we find the same Howe shrilling forth the very blasts of persecution which he had denounced. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe The multitudinous shrilling of the grasshoppers adds emphasis to the white heats of the air. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Seeing the poet they made off in a pack, still shrilling and squawking, but conscious of the highest rectitude. Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 They were untiring, shrilling their questions, exclamations and comments, completely driving from my mind the details of the actual application of the Metamorphizer. Greener Than You Think It was shrilling in a thin scream of terrific speed, a speed that should have torn its windings to fragments under the lash of centrifugal force. The Ultimate Weapon They marched slowly, a band of musicians at the head playing upon tiny instruments which made high, sweet music no louder than the shrilling of gnats. The Cat in Grandfather's House Abruptly the spell was broken by something shrilling in his brain, sending little chills racing up and down his spine. The Beast of Space And as I ran, the master-anachronism of that menacing mad march music was shrilling in my ears. No Great Magic The air became vibrant with the shrilling of insects. Sacrifice It formed, as it were, a penumbra of fine shrilling, and could be heard for many streets in advance. The Dragon Painter "I've really had a wonderful time," the lavender stocking was shrilling. Erik Dorn They rolled up to him, brushed against his toes; a shrilling in his brain told him that Digger was aware of them. The Beast of Space Now the advance guard of the little American army, with fifes shrilling out the notes of "Yankee Doodle," comes marching down to the fort. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 It was all memory to his fancy, and the voice went shrilling 'Paul!' among the timber-stacks, and was lost in the cavernous shed at the far-end of the yard. Despair's Last Journey He followed them to the square, still with the drums pounding and the fifes shrilling, and now the town was awake in every window. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure For a few moments the shrilling of the women and the wild jabber continued. Witch-Doctors The pipes and reeds were shrilling furiously, and the susurration of Yillian conversation from the other tables rose ever higher in competition. The Yillian Way The shrilling of sirens; roaring of megaphoned commands ... women screaming hysterically.... Tarrano the Conqueror The women of the company, five in number, were chattering like a nest of starlings, shrilling high against the slow rumble of the wheels. Despair's Last Journey For he was not singing, and his voice was for wont never wanting in that stormy and uncouth unison of sluggish men's voices, women's eager earnest shrilling. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Now and again the thrumming, chanting and the shrilling of the saturnalia without rose into discordant yells like a gust of wind whipping tree-tops into fury. Witch-Doctors "This way," said Gardley, lifting a tiny silver whistle to his lips and sending forth a peculiar, shrilling blast. A Voice in the Wilderness The rhythmic shrilling of the insects pulsed on the air, and from the village church down the street came the sounds of choir practise. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Immediately afterward a bugle was heard shrilling from the Almirante Cochrane, and this was taken up by every ship in the squadron, for the whole fleet was now thoroughly alarmed and on the alert. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru The grasshoppers were shrilling; all the birds who had their nests in the tree nearby retired and, as it was still light, they lingered in the branches to trill their good-night cadences. Brazilian Tales The males only make that shrilling noise, perhaps, out of rivalry and emulation, as is the case with many animals which exert some sprightly note during their p. 128breeding-time. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 There were millions of people awakened by it this night; awakened and struck with a chill of fear at this nameless siren shrilling its note of danger. Wandl the Invader The low click was succeeded by a quick shrilling sound that rose in moments above the range of hearing as the separate seat-gyroscopes took up their work. The Black Star Passes From the factions came The cry of voices shrilling woman-wise, The clash of stick on stick, the muffled shin, The sudden whistle, and the murmurous note Of mutual disaffection. Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses Only the sound of the waves pounding angrily on the shore and the shrilling of a rapidly rising wind answered her, and after a while she sank into a troubled, uneasy sleep. The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue Their shrilling noise is occasioned by a brisk attrition of their wings. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 It all had faded, faded in the blast of a shrilling wind, bringing upon its breast the cutting assault of sleet and the softer, yet no less vicious swirl of snow. The White Desert Bagpipes shrilling, English flags waving to the wind, the French soldiers shouting riotously, the two armies moved towards each other. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom A tiny doll, proportioned like a woman, dashed toward me, shrilling in a supersonic shriek. The Door Through Space April, the flowering branches, the snowing petals, the clouds high in the blue, are really in the shrilling little orchestra of the Japanese lyrics, in the green, gurgling flutes and watery violins. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers The shrilling of the bugle's beautiful salute to the flag was ringing far and near along the canyon walls. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West No stream was near; besides, the cold blast of the wind, shrilling through the open hood, accomplished the purpose more easily. The White Desert The strings were forced back and back, wailing an ineffective protest against the shrilling advance of the woods. The Patient Observer And His Friends "Look!" cried Mollie, her voice shrilling above the noise. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run "The diamonds!" screamed Grace, her voice shrilling out in the night. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand "You're bound to wait till the flurry of the win's gone by," said old O'Beirne, for his visitor pointed out into a shrieking whirl, shrilling higher and fiercer. Strangers at Lisconnel She knew then that she had raved like a fishwife—that, even though there had before been no fishwives in Mayfair, he saw one standing shrilling before him. Robin He heard men's voices shouting excitedly; there came the well-remembered shrilling of a whistle and then drowning its silver note the popping of rifles. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure The crimson orb of day now westering flung His beams, and o'er the vast Pacific hung; When from afar a shrilling sound was heard, And, hurrying o'er the dews, a scout appeared. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan Summer would not seem quite like summer unless we heard the grasshoppers shrilling. The Insect Folk All were still save only the shrilling of the insects in the grass. The Well of Saint Clare He had listened since that hour in the gorge for the shrilling of one of the air hounds. Star Born But not before a hush—a solitary pistol shot—then roar of voices and shrilling of steamer syrens tell us that the Cup is ours! Great Sea Stories But his song and his fond desire go up to the cloudy roof, And blend with the eagles' shrilling in the windy night aloof. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs It is the shrilling sound we hear in the grass in the summer time. The Insect Folk She sails for Sunken Harbor And ports of yester year; The tern are shrilling in the lift, The low wind-gates are clear. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea He heard the shrilling of the box, saw it bobbing along a line toward the river. Star Born But not before a hush—a solitary pistol shot—then roar of voices and shrilling of steamer syrens tell us that the Cup is ours! Great Sea Stories The shrilling of the night insects seemed like the calls of prophets of happiness. The Butterfly House There was a warm, flower-scented breeze stirring the heavy foliage drenched with the silver rain of moonlight, and the shrilling of innumerable small voices of the night. An Alabaster Box And so the scudding Snowflake flies with the wind astern, And through the boding twilight are blown the shrilling tern. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea So he stood under the balcony and tried not to listen to the shrilling of the box as he studied the strip of alley. Star Born While he was in the kitchen, filling a soda siphon and getting ice out of the refrigerator, a police whistle began shrilling in the living room. Little Fuzzy There was a loud shrilling of birds, and the tremulousness of the young leaves seemed to be as much from unseen wings as wind. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Birds were calling to their mates and their young; the locusts were shrilling out of depths of sunlight. Madelon A Novel But now above the shrilling of the Indian chant and the crackling of the flames a low growl of thunder trembled in the upper air, and a gentle breeze swept through the tree-tops. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady From time to time our tasks were interrupted by the notes of a bugle—or the shrilling of the Sergeant-Major's whistle—demanding our presence for an intake of new patients. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital What were any or all of the prohibitions but the frantic shrillings of some of the atoms to the others? The Quickening He leaped out of bed and pulled on his trousers, hearing all the while, as in a dream, his mother's voice shrilling higher and higher. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel In the pools and lakes, the bullfrogs croaked in rivalry with the high, clear shrilling of the other American frogs. Atlantis As often happens after a shower, the night shrillings of the forest were in fullest tide; and a whip-will's-widow, disturbed by our approach, fluttered to a higher perch and set up his plaintive protest. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady The bugle has sounded in the hearts of thousands of women of her type, and they have had to obey its shrilling call. Sally Bishop A Romance But now," we sighed, "the blood is pale, We're little people of the street, And dare not front the shrilling gale. 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse With the bell shrilling its summons inside, the man paused long enough to study the knotting of the thong before he untied it and stepped inside. Skyrider And the shrilling skirl grew louder as if men marched behind bagpipes. Caste At the death-dealing volley the Englishmen were thrown into confusion; whilst the Indians, summoned by the firing and the shrilling of the captain's whistle, dashed blindly into the trap. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady When the banners float and the bugles blow, And drums are on the street, Throbbing and thrilling, and fifes are shrilling, And there's tread of marching feet. Holiday Stories for Young People To beat and pulse of riotous drums and shrilling fifes they were roaring choruses. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Illuminated windows starred the plain and the wind shrilling in Kenkenes' ears bore uncanny sounds. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt There had been too many Gringoes in that wild, shrilling cavalcade to suit his fancy. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River The shrilling of the wind, the hubbub, the calls of the Valkyries to one another, the galloping of the horses, form a picture which for splendour, wild energy and wilder beauty can never be matched. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas The wind was shrilling now against the north side of the hall, and one window dripped a little inside on to the matting below it. The King's Achievement You come to watch for shells—to listen to the deafening rattle of the big guns, the shrilling whistle of the small, to guess at their pace and their direction. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War The Gordon Highlanders rushed forward to the charge with colors flying, and the bagpipes shrilling forth their martial tunes. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 53, November 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls However, Summer has arrived, and by the sound of his cheery whistle at early stables shrilling "Flannigan's Wedding," I understand that the horses are settling down once more and we can proceed with the battle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917 The shrilling of the locusts emphasized their silence. Judith of the Plains On thy knees and draw the bow; bid the shrilling arrow go; In the empty, mocking thicket plunge the spear! Songs from Books Now that thy bugles their clear calls are shrilling, Now that thy battle voice echoes worldwide, O'er the long reaches of sea rush the willing Sons of thy children to fight by thy side. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 It is to be snared and always sing, O shrilling bird of dulness! Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance The shrilling of the north wind, the roaring of the waves, the creaking of cordage, the banging of booms, an uncanny sound in a dismal night at sea,—these are suggested with wonderful vividness. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians To ears accustomed to the incessant shrilling of the insects, the cessation was ominous, like the sudden stopping of a clock in a chamber of death. Judith of the Plains The shrilling wind, ladened with snow, wrenched at the shutters. The Three Black Pennys A Novel There came across the still, keen night a wild, thin, high, shrilling yell, product of many voices. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains When a pistol cracked, far down the road, and a faint yell came shrilling through the quiet sunshine, they craned necks till their muscles ached. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Shod with the well-heeled boots, whose knell Afar along the pavement sounds, Blent with the tinkling muffin-bell, Or milkman, shrilling on his rounds. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 23, 1892 The insects had ceased their shrilling; the night birds their chirping; the animals, great and small, their callings or their stealthy rustling to and fro. African Camp Fires There was a shrilling of violins, and then a deafening blare of brass, an appalling volume of sound pouring out like boiling metal.... The Three Black Pennys A Novel I rose, throwing up my hat with a shout of victory, and I heard, shrilling to me across the distance, her own cry of exultation, as that of some native woman applauding a red hunter. The Way of a Man It was the shrilling of a police whistle, far off down the Embankment. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Far above him sounded the ecstatic music, the cry of trumpets and the shrilling of the flutes; but they were as insignificant street-noises to one who was falling asleep. Lord of the World He leant back again, picturing the wet street without, the rain driving like fountain spray about the gas lamp, the shrilling of the wind on those waste places to the north. The Hill of Dreams The scouts had been shrilling a succession of short, sharp blasts, the rallying signal. Don Strong, Patrol Leader At sunset of that day the emigrants, now half mad of thirst, and half ready to despair of succor or success, heard the Indian drums sound and the shrilling of the eagle-bone whistles. The Covered Wagon For three long months the awful war they waged: With women, women, men with men engaged, While roaring babes and shrilling poodles raged! Black Beetles in Amber Once again came Thorpe's voice, shrilling at him, now, out of the vibrant silence: Sometimes I think there is no sin but shirking. A Spinner in the Sun A song rang out directly over their heads, but with the peculiar shrilling of a boy's voice when it is poured out with all its might. A Happy Boy The indifferent swamp chorus joined in, katydids and crickets shrilling all the while. The Purple Heights As he spoke they both heard a woman's shrilling, half greeting, half terror. The Covered Wagon She tossed him a coin and he rushed off, shrilling his tragic revelation. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Yet with the trumpet shrilling continually behind him the huntsmen gathered fast on either flank. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand Amid the scream of shells, his scream Runs shrilling; and the glare Of eyes that brave the blinding sun The vollied flame can bear. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War Again he heard the plaintive shrilling of an Indian whistle, or the song of the lad down creek made tuneful and airy by the charm of distance. Red Saunders His Adventures West & East Now in ghastly silence deathly, Now with shrilling elfin cry— Is it some mad dance of bridal, Or a death march passing by? Russian Lyrics But there was nothing in the woods except smoke—and the streaming storm shrilling overhead, raining down on them leaves and boughs and splintered sticks. Ailsa Paige The other men piled out of the door, blocking the last vision of her son, but his bleating cries came shrilling back on the foggy air. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 The gramophone was shrilling in a nasal tone like an old woman without teeth. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Ah! the vine leaves and the tiger skins and the ivory bodies, the clash of the cymbals and the dithyramb shrilling up to the stars! Vanishing Roads and Other Essays He could hear them far away in the country and close by, and when he entered his village a little bantam walked up the road shrilling and clapping his wings, advancing to the fight. The Lake For miles I saw no human being and heard no sound of life except the shrilling of grasshoppers and the more strident song of the cicadas in the trees. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Then she went back to the house to converse upon domestic matters with Mrs. Howe until the shrilling of the donkey whistle brought forty-odd lumberjacks swinging down the trail. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest They took one road and we another, and half an hour later swung down the main street of Cognac behind a chorus of shrilling bugles. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Here first we faced a briny breeze, What time the middle gale Went shrilling over whitened seas With flying towers of sail. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens This I set down to the workings of remorse in a disordered mind and to clouds of venomous insects perpetually shrilling in my ears and stabbing me with their small, fiery needles. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest The blackbird's low, flute-like note sounded above the shrilling of the grasshoppers. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine He noted men being disgorged by the shrilling chariots, shouting each to the other and making aggressive motions with closed fists. The Tarn of Eternity The shrilling voices of the people at home would pipe dismally for a time, but various general were usually compelled to listen to these ditties. The Red Badge of Courage And interweaving with it all, one continuous shrilling,—keen as the steel speech of a saw,—the stridulous telegraphy of crickets. Chita: a Memory of Last Island A telephone bell was shrilling at the editor's elbow. Stories from Everybody's Magazine The shrilling voices of the people at home would pipe dismally for a time, but various generals were usually compelled to listen to these ditties. The Red Badge of Courage Invalids murmured pitifully as Penrod came within hearing; and people trying to think cursed the day that they were born, when he went shrilling by. Penrod As I was watering the ponies, a peculiar shrilling noise pealed forth from just beyond the hills. Indian Boyhood Outside, the wind was shrilling at the windows and around the eaves, and the rain was playing on the roof. The Golden Road Over the town, in these early hours, rampaged the small vendors of the manifold sheets: local papers and papers from greater cities, hawker succeeding hawker with yell upon yell and brain-piercing shrillings in unbearable cadences. The Flirt He bears a sword of flame but not to harm The wakened life that feels his quickening sway And barnyard voices shrilling "It is day!" Trees and Other Poems The air by this time had become portentously dark, and the thunder was incessant and tremendous; in the midst of it the lightning flashed and vanished, like the treble shrilling upon the bass. Roderick Hudson Again:— And the soul, with shrilling cry, passed like smoke beneath the earth. The Republic In five minutes they were torn and bleeding, and the little graybeard leaped high, shrilling his primitive bravos; but always his attitude was "thumbs down." Jungle Tales of Tarzan Here, she knew, regarding him no more than a shrilling locust, was the center about which for a moment blindly her thoughts of Gerrit and herself had revolved. Java Head They were down again in the wide, cool hallway, little kindergarten voices of children shrilling through from one of the playrooms. Star-Dust Katydids were shrilling from every thicket, and over somewhere near the river a whippoorwill was persistently calling. Quaint Courtships A silence followed; but it was broken soon by a lively whistle, shrilling out a rollicking tune; the next moment a boy came running into the room. The Green Satin Gown There is no wind to stir the leaves, The harsh leaves overhead; Only the querulous cricket grieves, And shrilling locust weaves A song of summer dead. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Throwing up his head, he sent a protest shrilling through the air, and looked no more at Chip. Chip, of the Flying U To the shrilling of flutes, amid the dull blows of the gongs, mimes gave themselves up to obscene contortions, while the spectators sang to the clapping of their hands…. Saint Augustin One of the large green locusts which frequent the Island of Leukê began shrilling tentatively. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice The Speaker refused to recognize him, and grew weary of the persistent shrilling. In the Arena Stories of Political Life To the dead rings loud our cry— Plain the living's treachery— Swelling, shrilling, urged on high, The vengeful dirge, for parents Shall strive and shall attain. The House of Atreus Then nothing more was heard save the persistent shrilling of the neighbouring cricket, who continued to scrape away at his disagreeable instrument with the determination of a beginner on the violin. The Quest No bird sang, but there were crickets in the bents, shrilling inconceivably. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Afterwards some of the women confessed to me that they liked to hear us speaking English together; it sounded like the whistling of birds or the shrilling of locusts. Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance There are no sounds but the voices of birds, the shrilling of semi, or, at long, lazy intervals, the solitary plash of a diving frog. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series A little booth shaped like a sentry-box, all made of laths, covered with a red-and-white chess pattern of paper; and out of this frail structure issues a shrilling keen as the sound of leaking steam. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series He could hear only the soft rushing of a neighboring stream, and the shrilling of night-insects. In Ghostly Japan Obedient to orders, the bridge-builders were getting out their hand-car at the construction camp, the wheels shrilling merrily on the frosted rails, and the men stamping and swinging their arms to start the sluggish night-blood. A Fool for Love The stars were brightening in the sky above the confining mountain walls; there was a tremendous shrilling of frogs; the faint clamor of a sheep bell. The Happy End Shall I ever forget the moment when the glass roof of the conservatory began to turn blue, and the shrilling of awakening sparrows! Memoirs of My Dead Life The shrilling is made by scores of huge green crickets, each prisoned in a tiny bamboo cage by itself. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series For Demostratus--let bad luck befoul him-- Was roaring, "We must sail for Sicily," While a woman, throwing herself about in a dance Lopsided with drink, was shrilling out "Adonis, Woe for Adonis." Lysistrata The shrilling wheels were tracking around a curve into a scanty widening of the canyon. A Fool for Love The autumn moonshine, almost as mellow, fell in through the open windows, which let in the shrilling of the crickets and grasshoppers, and wafts of the warm night wind. Annie Kilburn : a Novel In every tree the locusts their shrilling still renew, And cool beneath the brambles the lizard lies perdu. Vergil A Biography Always he makes a reverent little pause after uttering it and before shrilling out his ecstatic warble—his bird-hymn of praise. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Something akin I have experienced in an 'express' as it raged with me—winged, rocking, ecstatic, shrilling a dragon Aha!—round a too narrow curve. Prince Zaleski He comes along the great highway In scarlet coat and crown, And high the shrilling trumpets bray And fierce his lancers frown. Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse He was astonied beyond measure at the number of the eagles and their eyries, at the clamour and the shrilling of their cries. Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut Near at hand was a woman's voice, shrilling and scolding. Caesar Dies From the creek hard by came the croaking of many frogs, from the cow pasture the shrilling of the crickets. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch But they were shrilling new directions at him; perhaps they had been calling to him several times. Bull Hunter He began to sputter but Brodie's loud voice had come back to him and drowned out the old man's shrillings. The Everlasting Whisper There was a breeze that brought him sweet, warm odors from the garden, together with a blurred shrilling of crickets and the conspiratorial conference of young leaves. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations O'Hara, with a heavy but impassioned run, was away… He had not run five yards when a chorus of whistles was shrilling. The Lord of the Sea From the marsh beyond the creek came the familiar croaking of the frogs; from the foothills in the cow-pasture came the shrilling of the crickets. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch In the meantime the bare-legged boy had come to the side of the big horse, still shrilling his anger. Bull Hunter Their memory thou shall find Illume the common street; And thro' the dust and din, Smiling, thy heart shall hear Quiet waters lapsing thin, And locusts shrilling clear. In Divers Tones Poor grasshoppers! who deem the gods absorbed In all their babble, shrilling in the grass! Mosaics of Grecian History With cockades in their hats, drums rolling and fifes shrilling, the gangsmen, who of course had their arms concealed, marched ostentatiously through the high-street of some sizable country town and so into the market-place. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Some monkeys loped away, chattering, and about a thousand parakeets flew off, shrilling for another roost. The Winds of the World "He's all right," Tod was shrilling through his laughter, for the horrified face of Bull amused him. Bull Hunter After eleven years he died in the middle of a May night, when the scent of the syringa hung upon the window-sill and a breeze wafted in the shrillings of the frogs and cicadas outside. Tales of the Jazz Age Millions of grasshoppers were shrilling in the forest, filling the air with a metallic throbbing, and flocks of frightened parrots rushed from tree to tree. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan I found the hinds shrilling the harvest-song, and there were persons burying my father, I think it was. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Skinner darted a look toward Gallagher and the Centipede men gathered about the shrilling phonograph, stooped and tied his shoes, and breathed softly: "Spiel!" Going Some When two women, her sisters or others, quarrelled, they only shrilled, and went on and on shrilling. This Freedom And from the ditches came the singsong shrilling of toads. Three Soldiers The canary that had been twittering, now burst forth into long and prolonged shrillings. Spring Days It was Dante's third circle of hell let loose— Cerberus baying through his wide, threefold throat, and the voices of tormented souls shrilling through the infernal shades. The Silver Horde Women ceased their shrilling, men stopped their senseless questions and listened to his directions with some comprehension. The Iron Trail As we lay, a cicada set up its shrilling quite close to us. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel The sky had darkened over, and a shrilling of the wind sounded through the garden foliage—fir, and cypress, and laurel. Born in Exile The Clan, lingering behind their parents, looked back at the group on the castle terrace before the trees hid them from sight, and Jock sent the pewit call shrilling through the dusk. The Scotch Twins Coppertop's excited voice, shrilling across the garden as he came racing over the grass, put an abrupt end to a scene that was threatening to develop along the familiar tempestuous lines dictated by Antoine's temperament. The Lamp of Fate Now he chanced in their train to catch sight of the caged bird which is called "the shrilling Philomelet," and he rejoiced thereat and asked them, "How did ye become masters of him?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 Down sunk the heavy beast; the females round Maids, wives, and matrons, mix a shrilling sound. The Odyssey Sara's voice, shrilling a little with anxiety, came to him out of the darkness. The Hermit of Far End But woe betide the shrilling horn, The chase's surly cheer! The Lady of the Lake A grasshopper is shrilling in the grass about him. The Great Hunger The nick of wagons came after them, wheels rattling, horses running, voices shrilling in a wild hoot of terror. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The shrilling airs the vaulted roof rebounds, Reflecting to the queen the silver sounds. The Odyssey There was a shrilling note of apprehension in her voice. The Hermit of Far End The shrilling voices of the whips rose from the covert-depths, and just a whimper now and then from the hounds, swiftly wheeling their noses among the fern and briers. Beyond He remained leaning against the wall, staring at the dark water of the harbour; the shrilling of cicalas filled his ears. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Rowdy stood in his stirrups, cupped his chilled fingers around his numbed lips, and sent a longdrawn "Who-ee!" shrilling weirdly into the night. Rowdy of the Cross L Something began to penetrate to my veiled senses—a hoarse inarticulate cry, now deep, now shrilling horribly, that of itself seemed to fill the wood. Under the Red Robe It lost in a measure its former acute and shrilling pitch and mellowed into a more harmonious and pleasant sound. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War Whereat he fell upon the sleeping voyageurs, kicking them, grunting, from their blankets, and buckling them down to the work, the while his voice, vibrant with action, shrilling through all the camp. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke As he advanced in the profound silence, the shrilling of innumerable cicalas in the dry grass seemed positively deafening to his strained ears. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Again:— 'And the soul, with shrilling cry, passed like smoke beneath the earth.' The Republic This morning I was awakened by a continuous sound which presently shaped itself to my ear as a multitudinous shrilling of bird voices. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Paris flings up her windows, claps hands, as the Avengers, with their shrilling drums and shalms tramp by; she will then sit pensive, apprehensive, and pass rather a sleepless night. The French Revolution In the pauses of conversation the shrillings of the canary were alone audible and suggested the distant piping of a flute. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Nevertheless the Convention deliberates; the Tribune drones,—drowned indeed in tenor, and even in treble, from time to time; the whole Hall shrilling up round it into pretty frequent wrath and provocation. The French Revolution |
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