Clashing swords and shrilling trumpets. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The clash of swords and the shrilling of trumpets--P. J. Searles. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
As through the shrilling vale, or mountain ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Iliad of Homer] Reference
The air became vibrant with the shrilling of insects. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
The shrilling of the locusts emphasized their silence. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
There was a shrilling note of apprehension in her voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
There came a sudden shrilling of the tuba at this moment. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
"Look!" cried Mollie, her voice shrilling above the noise. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run] Reference
It was all memory to his fancy, and the voice went shrilling. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Barbara Allison's first wild scream came shrilling to their ears. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Could he do it and escape that bobbing, shrilling thing in the air?. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
It was always very shrilling to listen to Mr Dickson's explanations. From Wordnik.com. [8. Classification of roughing filters] Reference
"The diamonds!" screamed Grace, her voice shrilling out in the night. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand] Reference
For a few moments the shrilling of the women and the wild jabber continued. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
Sara's voice, shrilling a little with anxiety, came to him out of the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Of the guns, and the shrilling cheers, and the knowledge that filled your heart. From Wordnik.com. [Lundy's Lane and Other Poems] Reference
He heard the shrilling of the box, saw it bobbing along a line toward the river. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
There was sudden horrible shrilling, hurting one's ears, reaching into the brain. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
As far as I can see, its mostly the Osama err Obama folks shrilling for their guy. From Wordnik.com. [Gallup: Hillary's National Lead Over Obama Down To Six Points] Reference
The scouts had been shrilling a succession of short, sharp blasts, the rallying signal. From Wordnik.com. [Don Strong, Patrol Leader] Reference
Amid the shrilling of crickets a Wasena, the leader of the machilla bearers, spoke first. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
A tiny doll, proportioned like a woman, dashed toward me, shrilling in a supersonic shriek. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
The multitudinous shrilling of the grasshoppers adds emphasis to the white heats of the air. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Matyeryebyets, Jacques, he thought, still edgy from the sudden shrilling of his private phone. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
When the wind is from the sea, it is like a bevy of witches shrilling my doom down the chimney. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
And as I ran, the master-anachronism of that menacing mad march music was shrilling in my ears. From Wordnik.com. [No Great Magic] Reference
He could hear a band now, a shrilling of brass, the clatter and thump of percussion instruments. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
Then I began to hear the shrilling of professional mourners, and knew we must be near the palace. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
Illuminated windows starred the plain and the wind shrilling in Kenkenes 'ears bore uncanny sounds. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
It formed, as it were, a penumbra of fine shrilling, and could be heard for many streets in advance. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
They rolled up to him, brushed against his toes; a shrilling in his brain told him that Digger was aware of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast of Space] Reference
So he stood under the balcony and tried not to listen to the shrilling of the box as he studied the strip of alley. From Wordnik.com. [Star Born] Reference
Abruptly the spell was broken by something shrilling in his brain, sending little chills racing up and down his spine. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast of Space] Reference
He followed them to the square, still with the drums pounding and the fifes shrilling, and now the town was awake in every window. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Confident they were now going to gather in at least two bushwhackers, the shouting behind took on a premature shrilling of triumph. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
The women of the company, five in number, were chattering like a nest of starlings, shrilling high against the slow rumble of the wheels. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Thereafter they walked in silence which was scarcely broken till they reached the gate and Iley came shrilling out to meet them demanding. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
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