The day-old chicks cheeped shrilly as their mother returned to the nest with a beak full of food.
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Shrilly
/ˈʃɹɪli/
Synonyms for "shrilly" (2 found)
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5 entriesshrilly criticized remarksshrilly echoed tonesshrilly pitched voiceshrilly shouted warningsspeak shrilly
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[T]he thwarted Hawk circled above, calling shrilly.
Source: wiktionary
Anyone who denounces violent self-defense against the Jew is a coward. He may know the crimes of the Jew, but subconsciously he knows that ACTUALLY taking action would mean sacrificing the bread and circus. It might mean that he won’t live comfortably anymore. This is one of the reasons cowards so shrilly screech that Brenton Tarrant and Robert Bowers were Mossad false flag operations.
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The night—its silence—its rest, was rent in twain by a savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound that ran from end to end of Thornfield Hall.
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