How do you use Shrill in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like piercing or cry, plus the exact meaning.
Shrill meaning
- High-pitched and piercing.
- Having a shrill voice.
- Sharp or keen to the senses.
Synonyms of Shrill
Using Shrill
- The main meaning on this page is: High-pitched and piercing. | Having a shrill voice. | Sharp or keen to the senses.
- Useful related words include: piercing, cry, shout out, shout.
- In the example corpus, shrill often appears in combinations such as: the shrill, shrill and, as shrill.
Context around Shrill
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shrill
- In this selection, "shrill" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, witnessed, particularly, piccolo, voice, satire and noise stand out and add context to how "shrill" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a shrill whistle and and above piccolo shrill the skylark. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shrill" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shrill
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Karnataka has witnessed shrill campaigns around hijab and azan. (9 words)
Which UK gull is named for its shrill cry? (9 words)
A shrill whistle, and I swiftly released my once unyieldingly grip on him. (13 words)
But Pfeiffer received the biggest applause the night I saw the show, and in what version of this tale has Myrtle ever gotten to be more than a shrill and tacky tart? (32 words)
If you can’t discern the shrill sound of something telling you doesn’t want nonces to go to prison, do consider booking a hearing test at your very earliest convenience. (31 words)
Described at the time in a somewhat misogynistic way as a “shrill local critic” of the sitting Conservative MP, I was actually just a strong and outspoken representative of my community. (31 words)
Does Yates really think his shrill satire has gotten audiences so riled up that “Pain Hustlers” will compel them to change the world? (23 words)
But Pfeiffer received the biggest applause the night I saw the show, and in what version of this tale has Myrtle ever gotten to be more than a shrill and tacky tart? (32 words)
Which UK gull is named for its shrill cry? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Darting through the new house handed over minutes earlier to his family by the Northern Territory government, his shrill voice fills the empty rooms.
Does Yates really think his shrill satire has gotten audiences so riled up that “Pain Hustlers” will compel them to change the world?
Good neighbours we are, not many complain even if the sound of heavy machinery, pounding hammers or shrill noise from the planer machine disturbs the whole neighbourhood.
If you can’t discern the shrill sound of something telling you doesn’t want nonces to go to prison, do consider booking a hearing test at your very earliest convenience.
In 2020, the Liberal Party’s shrill indignation was no longer to be heard.
In too many cases in our shrill public discourse, the phrase “support the Constitution” has become a code for one political campaign point or another.
Karnataka has witnessed shrill campaigns around hijab and azan.
The cries are particularly shrill when the country looks like it is plotting a sweeping or aggressive restructuring.
There are a few tiny sectarian organisations, with an often shrill presence in some middle class left circles, but none of them have any popular support.
You also probably got wind of the Republican Party’s shrill hysteria over the balloon,” she added.
A pregame tailgate drew a big crown, there’s a new layer of turf on the stadium field, and a shrill foghorn welcomed the team and celebrated Navigators touchdowns.
But Pfeiffer received the biggest applause the night I saw the show, and in what version of this tale has Myrtle ever gotten to be more than a shrill and tacky tart?
This elicited a shrill whooping from the group as they fell over each other trying to claim the bribe.
Which UK gull is named for its shrill cry?
And from above, piccolo-shrill, the skylark in ascendance, singing his heart out, who rose until he was a black dot in a vibrant sky, then parachuted down.
And why they also try to "feminize science," labeling experts as shrill or emotional.
A shrill whistle, and I swiftly released my once unyieldingly grip on him.
Described at the time in a somewhat misogynistic way as a “shrill local critic” of the sitting Conservative MP, I was actually just a strong and outspoken representative of my community.
From a tritonic piano-and-trombone nod to legendary jazz cats like comes a tidal wave of shrill tremolo picking, acrobatic bass lines and unrelenting percussion.
Nepal’s politicians and media commentators must not stoop as low as their shrill counterparts across the border.
Common combinations with shrill
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shrill 6×
- shrill and 5×
- as shrill 3×
- his shrill 2×
- party shrill 2×
- and shrill 2×
- of shrill 2×
- shrill of 2×
- sometimes shrill 2×