Crossword-Solution: SHRILL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shrill | v. i. | Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound. |
| Shrill | n. | A shrill sound. |
| Shrill | v. i. | To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill. |
| Shrill | v. t. | To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SHRILL (5)
Heavy with the heat and silence Grew the afternoon of Summer; With a drowsy sound the forest Whispered round the sultry wigwam, With a sound of sleep the water Rippled on the beach below it; From the cornfields shrill and ceaseless Sang the grasshopper, Pah-puk-keena; And the guests of Hiawatha, Weary with the heat of Summer, Slumbered in the sultry wigwam.
His presence was painful; his eye flashed confusion; and seldom was his sharp, shrill voice heard, without producing horror and trembling in their ranks.
Birds and insects without number began to chirp, to twitter, to snap and whistle, to make all manner of fresh shrill noises.
Now then again—the next bar; I’ll help ye to flourish up the shrill notes where yer wind is rather wheezy:— “Oh the wi′-il-lo′-ow tree’ will′ twist′, And the wil′-low′ tre′-ee wi′ill twine′.” But the singer could not be set going again.
But a guard Heard from that godless shrine a far shrill wail, And ran back to our lord to tell the news.
Quotes with SHRILL (3)
Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but, I hope we shall speak with such conviction that those to whom we speak shall know of the strength of our feeling and the sincerity of our efforts.
Amid the thousands of shrill voices screaming for our attention, there is but on Voice we need to hear. The voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
When the little mouse, which was loved as none other was in the mouse-world, got into a trap one night and with a shrill scream forfeited its life for the sight of the bacon, all the mice in the district, in their holes were overcome by trembling and shaking; with eyes blinking uncontrollably they gazed at each other one by one, while their tails scraped the ground busily and senselessly. Then they came out, hesitantly, pushing one another, all drawn towards the scene of deat…
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Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Rock & Roll, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 48 times in crossword archives (1973–2025).