The shrillness of her hair color. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What I find frustrating about your shrillness is precisely that it seems to be an objective in itself. From Wordnik.com. [OCD] Reference
Just like they want to butch-out or bitch-out Hillary with her "shrillness" or "ambition.". From Wordnik.com. [New Winger Attack: John Edwards Could Be Our "First Woman President"] Reference
Notable about this election, (and a great disappointment to this partisan observer,) is the sheer 'shrillness' of the rhetoric. From Wordnik.com. [Blitzer: Was Obama taking aim at McCain's age?] Reference
Surely "shrillness" is in the eye of the beholder?. From Wordnik.com. [Cafe con Leche XML News and Resources] Reference
All those rooting for him as perfect Prime Ministerial material have now begun to talk about his 'shrillness', his. From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
I was surprised at the shrillness of my own voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
Can't politics and shrillness ever stay of nothing?. From Wordnik.com. [katrina and the waves] Reference
At the eager shrillness of his voice I drew a step away. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
But there are uglier reasons for shrillness on Capitol Hill. From Wordnik.com. [Senator Byrd Is Not Amused] Reference
From the streets far below came a quavering shrillness of sound. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
The shrillness of party politics was coming full circle then as now. From Wordnik.com. [Where Do We Go From Here?] Reference
The woman's shrillness hasn't quite broken into the realm of yelling. From Wordnik.com. [Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods] Reference
The sudden shrillness of his voice scared me more than anything else. From Wordnik.com. [Card Trick] Reference
Their shrillness gives them away, as does their exaggerated silliness. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Levine: Casting Stones at Oliver Stone] Reference
I hear you shriek with petulant shrillness bordering on abject terror. From Wordnik.com. [Suddenly Substantive: Does Obama Era Mean No More Blahniks?] Reference
The morning clatter of the hospital seemed an ear-torturing shrillness. From Wordnik.com. [The Memory of Mars] Reference
Surely it should be discussed in an adult way, not all this shrillness. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
CHRIS DODD (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: There's a shrillness to the debate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2007] Reference
The US government's complaints about Iran have reached a new level of shrillness. From Wordnik.com. [More Lies, More Deception] Reference
Remember also that Krugman has been very lonely in his shrillness back around 2000. From Wordnik.com. [Krugman: "Most Of The Venom" In This Race Comes From Obama Supporters] Reference
But now the voice is getting louder, and its 'familiar shrillness curls Jenny's spine. From Wordnik.com. [Spoke] Reference
Kassandra drew herself up, and when she spoke, the shrillness had gone from her voice. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
If you want, it is a political statement against the loudness and shrillness of our time. From Wordnik.com. [Developing Music's Drama] Reference
Their ideas are of less consequence than their numbers and the shrillness of their voices. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: Dick Armey Has a New Book. It's More Like His Legal Defense.] Reference
There was a shrillness creeping into his voice, a fleck of foam at the corner of his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
The shrillness of hysteria was at the edge of her voice, as well as a subtle slurring of sounds. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
And I think if we waste time on the shrillness of this debate, then we lose the American people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 15, 2007] Reference
Rheba summed up her feelings with a whistle that descended from shrillness to silence in five beats. From Wordnik.com. [Dancer's Illusion]
More and more of them are finding their voices, and the response to them seems to be ever greater shrillness. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The first thing I'd try and do, look, is change the discourse, the shrillness of the discussion in this country. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2007] Reference
Your implication, that shrillness is sexist code for independent women, means that we can't use the word shrill. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Chief Strategist: North Carolina Loss Represented Progress Because We Won Among White Voters] Reference
There's such a shrillness to so much of what gets said and written that I don't begin to know how to sort it out. From Wordnik.com. [David Quigg: Israel, Hamas, Gaza: Plenty of Us in America Just Need to Shut Up] Reference
"What is it," demanded Aimée, with increasing shrillness, "that you have told the child Marie about my grandson?". From Wordnik.com. [A Loose End and Other Stories] Reference
Light shikaras darted in and out, making up for want of volume in their song by the piercing shrillness of their utterances. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
Parlabane was on the roof of Beadie's house when his mobile went off, its shrillness suddenly piercing the chill silence of the night. From Wordnik.com. [Boiling a Frog]
Among Democrats nervous about Dean's shrillness, there is some surreal talk that Dean might be stopped by the "Democratic establishment.". From Wordnik.com. [Dean And Big Differences] Reference
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