And explain he did in shrill, high notes, of which no one else could understand a word.

Again the thin, shrill note stabbed out toward a darkened figure.

A woman's question was on a shrill note of hysteria.

He put it to his lips, and it gave out a shrill note.

The song stopped short on a shrill note, and was succeeded by several voices talking in the distance.

She hit this shrill, sharp, big note at the end, and I don't think my hearing will ever recover.

She heard a shrill, hysterical note in her own voice.

From somewhere came the shrill note of a police whistle.

He winced at a particularly shrill note in the wailing.

The song given from a perch is a series of short and shrill notes that increase in volume.