She sang rather shrilly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I heard her calling shrilly after me, 'Who stole the goose?'. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green] Reference
"Anne," she called shrilly, "may I go up to your house and play with you?". From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Province Town] Reference
She called out his name shrilly, her face raised eagerly to the bobbing light. From Wordnik.com. [The Man from Brodney's] Reference
"Say!" he called shrilly when, barely in earshot, he caught his first view of her. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Cut] Reference
When the visitors had passed, she called shrilly to some one in the house behind her. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Rainbow] Reference
"A rescue!" he called shrilly to his brothers, "a rescue for the lovely Princess Rebecca.". From Wordnik.com. [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference
"It's Randerson, mother!" he called shrilly back to Aunt Martha, who was now on the porch. From Wordnik.com. [The Range Boss] Reference
"Nurse!" she called shrilly, backing out of the door hastily, as if she had only just stepped in. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
I heard a voice calling shrilly from within; not an. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Dilemma] Reference
The little one waited for her father, calling shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [The Trespasser] Reference
The frogs began to call shrilly from the reeds and rushes. From Wordnik.com. [Their Yesterdays] Reference
Then, leaning over the rail, he called shrilly, "He -- lp!. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights] Reference
Come a kits! "she called shrilly, and then went back into the house. From Wordnik.com. [Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley] Reference
Oy came with him, barking his friend's name shrilly - Ake-Ake, Ake-Ake!. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Tower]
Suddenly she escaped from the room, and called shrilly down the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Fantômas] Reference
From somewhere in that murk came a woman's voice calling shrilly for help. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Plague] Reference
He called shrilly to his friends behind, and a body of them came to join him. From Wordnik.com. [Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America] Reference
Another figure rose against the glow -- a wider figure who called shrilly through a cupped hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Window-Gazer] Reference
Cicadas called shrilly and to one side came a soft scuffling of leaves, a pair of bright red eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
And then she called shrilly to Jason. From Wordnik.com. [Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know] Reference
Simon says that it got a bit "shrilly" toward the end. From Wordnik.com. [TV Squad] Reference
Then they heard the girl’s voice upstairs calling shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference
He heard the lieutenant's voice calling shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [Three Soldiers] Reference
He swung his hat around in a circle and yelled shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
A belated bird, winging its way homeward, called shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
Thrusting her head out of the window she shouted shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Her voice has risen shrilly; she forgets the folding doors. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
"You'll do nothing of the sort!" said Mrs. Colwyn, shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The speaking tube was going again, for the whistle trilled shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Just then the factory whistle sounded out shrilly for quitting time. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
On and on, at a deadly pace, he rode, and shrilly rang out his awful cry. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
"My goodness! what's the matter with you, Marty Day?" asked his mother shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
"Am I being invited to -- elope with you?" she asked, laughing a little shrilly. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
"It isn't yours," said Betty shrilly; "it belongs to our grandfather -- so there!". From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
Margaret Llewellen and her impish brother, Bob, appeared and shrilly bade her goodbye. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Her voice rose clearly -- shrilly -- and sometimes she remembered the tune quite fairly. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
"We did it!" crowed Peace shrilly, spatting her hands together so suddenly that he jumped. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
The White House shrilly accused her of a "blatant lie" and of being "deliberately misleading.". From Wordnik.com. [Came The Revolution...] Reference
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