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How to pronounce shrilly in English?

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Synonyms piercingly


she sang rather shrilly.

Examples of shrilly

shrilly
The accompanying text shrilly blamed the destruction on a radical faction.
From the time.com
They were screeching so shrilly that my first reaction was just to turn the volume off.
From the forbes.com
A New York Post columnist complained shrilly that Christians, in death, get short shrift.
From the time.com
The angry wren, now perched on the open door, scolds shrilly at my invasion of her privacy.
From the newsobserver.com
He ran round and round the room, panicking and chortling shrilly.
From the stltoday.com
No one could ask, as Wilder once shrilly did in belittling his b?
From the inrich.com
That is why they are yammering a little more shrilly than usual.
From the economist.com
His wife Reen waves a red jacket out of the window while he crawls through the grass, whistling shrilly.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The house tone is still on-message as shrilly as ever, but the comments were lost several years ago.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • In a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly"