A high-pitched roof. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Max answered with a plaintive yawn, high-pitched. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Wife] Reference
"Bring her in, Hen!" she cried, in a high-pitched voice. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
It was a high-pitched yelling sound, but not from any human. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrimage] Reference
It was like the wild chattering of many high-pitched voices. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
The drive to the pool was clean as a pure, high-pitched tone. From Wordnik.com. [Marine Life] Reference
And a lovely high-pitched whine from a fleet of Formula engines. From Wordnik.com. [Life In The Fastest Lane] Reference
It was a high-pitched white noise that shut out the entire world. From Wordnik.com. [Binky Philips: Dad Takes Me To See The Beatles - August 29th, 1964] Reference
Francine had this high-pitched nasally annoying sound to her voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 10] Reference
She asks if there is a better solution to high-pitched sound devices. From Wordnik.com. [Defending the Gallery Place 'Mosquito'] Reference
"" Think about it, '' Krone says in her high-pitched, breakneck chirp. From Wordnik.com. [Back In The Saddle Again] Reference
Then Herrick's voice rang out, high-pitched with gathering apprehension. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
"Open it from your side," ordered the high-pitched voice of Lady Douglass. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
Mr. Lawrence was a portly, red-faced young man, with a high-pitched voice. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Well, I'm 40 and I definitely heard a really annoying a high-pitched sound. From Wordnik.com. [Mosquito Targets Teens With Audio Repellent] Reference
Nokomee began to talk swiftly in that rattling, high-pitched tongue of theirs. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
He couldn't even get a job on radio today; his voice was thin and high-pitched. From Wordnik.com. [Eyewitness To The 20Th Century] Reference
It's just a joy to fit in between the more quicker and high-pitched instruments. From Wordnik.com. [Fleck, Meyer, Hussain: Border Crossing] Reference
Their high-pitched squeals morph into sobs -- and then the tweens turn territorial. From Wordnik.com. [Orlando Bloom] Reference
Then in a high-pitched voice, the same boy said, "I'm okay, son, but I'm still dead!". From Wordnik.com. [Lamentations] Reference
I won't 'ave it, I tell you, so there!' the woman broke in, with a high-pitched voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Suddenly the door she was sliding open scraped, and emitted a shrill, high-pitched sound. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
"But there's the off years," objected Joel, a crackle of greed in his high-pitched voice. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Fred Figglehorn: Here's one of the earliest Fred incarnations in all his high-pitched glory. From Wordnik.com. [Lucas Cruikshank (a.k.a. Fred), Soulja Boy and, yes, Justin Bieber: The videos that started their YouTube rise] Reference
One of Fischer's tactics: claiming to hear odd high-pitched noises, inaudible to his opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology: Trash-Talk Triumphs] Reference
Seconds later we heard a high-pitched whine, and then came the explosion, this one even closer. From Wordnik.com. [In The Thick Of It] Reference
But then you hear it -- a high-pitched, other-worldly whistling coming from the back of the car. From Wordnik.com. [Jaguar XK: Whistling in the wind] Reference
Middle-Eastern flavored Rock-N-Roll, a high-pitched fast rhythm, played through a tinny radio. From Wordnik.com. [Ibby's Falafel] Reference
"Is it somebody come to take the boat away from us?" he asked in his high-pitched, childish voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference
The sounds: they are high-pitched, like tiny squeals, as the heat makes them pop, sizzle, and scream. From Wordnik.com. [Taste] Reference
Michael Cera dials down his patented high-pitched hysteria, but our superhero is still a super-cipher. From Wordnik.com. ['Scott Pilgrim': Taking On The World, An Ex At A Time] Reference
I could hear tiny bones snapping like dried twigs or thin carrot sticks and mewling, high-pitched screams. From Wordnik.com. [Bunnies] Reference
The tires caught for a moment, started to rise, then slipped back in a high-pitched hum of spinning rubber. From Wordnik.com. [Every Time a Bell Rings] Reference
'Ah, how-do-you-do, Mr. Semple,' said Mr. Lawrence in his high-pitched voice, advancing a few steps into the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The "mosquito" emits a high-pitched squeal that people older than about 25 can't hear, but gives teenagers headaches. From Wordnik.com. [Stop treating teenagers like insects] Reference
Theresa Vargas 'piece from Wednesday about a high-pitched noisemaker outside of the Gallery Place Metro is such a story. From Wordnik.com. [Pick of the day: Holy (wow) stories] Reference
The thin high-pitched whine, followed promptly by the familiar growling thunder of infra-bass, had again become audible. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
Lucilla, behind her screen, listening for the pleasant tones of the man's halting speech, grew weary of the high-pitched, untiring voice. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
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