shrill

Shakespeare’s play assumes the shrieks and shrill cries of a B-movie.

These go-nowhere debates exhaust progressive energies and make it easier for the right to paint the left as "shrill."

We must transcend the shrill negative feelings and emotions that characterized the campaign season.

“We were harsh and shrill, and not nice”, he added, arguing that this resulted in many previous Conservative voters backing the Liberal Democrats or staying at home.

The hoiho, whose Maori name means "noise shouter", is notoriously shy despite its loud, shrill call, says the organisation, who said the win would raise conservation efforts for the species.