It was broken by the high trill of the telephone-bell.
A bird called faintly in the distance, a high sharp trill that felt like an icy hand on Catelyn's neck.
The song is a varying series of high thin rapid trills.
The most familiar signal is a high trill, given in response to perceived danger.
The call or voice of a breeding male is a high trill, lasting 6-30 seconds, similar to a ringing telephone.
The night quiet was broken by the high, distant trill of a whistle, the traditional swarming-noise of city watches everywhere.
Half a minute later it gave a tiny high trill and then, having thus tried its voice, began singing.
Then a scalar line grows towards a climax, which is marked by a high trill in the flute.
The alien's language was one of high trills and deep, rolling growls, but at least a couple words were recognizable.
He started in a pecking style, eventually moving on to a cascading series of runs; then he hit a few choice blue notes, a high trill and some emphatic triplets.