The inner hurt was gone also, as if emotion had been raised to too high a pitch, to burn itself out and leave only ashes.

I can't go on,' said Pooley, raising his voice to a new pitch of misery.

Toward evening the enemy raised his volume of fire to a terrific pitch and threw everything he had at us.

They were raised to a high pitch by excitement.

It was bound to raise the betting to a feverish pitch.

Master Fortine raised his voice to an unnecessarily loud, high pitch.

The woman had raised her voice to a dangerously high pitch.

I can, when necessary, raise my voice to a pitch and volume very trying to the ears, and impossible to ignore.

They raised their voices to such a pitch that the shah became angry and ordered both to be executed.

She had to raise her voice to a shrill pitch to be heard above the wd.