Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Acute, sharp, or piercing in sound.
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Examples
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"The shrill-edged shriek of the mother divided the shuddering night," as she threw herself prone on the rough pine box; or the wild, wordless wail of sudden widowhood was torn from the inmost heart of some stricken creature who had hoped in vain!
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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The shrill-edged shriek of a mother divide the shuddering night.
Maud. Part I 1909
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This is refreshing, and yet it is to be noted that "Titan" and "tittle" and "shrill-edged shriek" and "shyly shimmer" are by no means identical in sound: they have merely certain consonants in common.
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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When Tennyson speaks of the shrill-edged shriek of
A Study of Poetry Bliss Perry 1907
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