shrill

Preposition: of

whistle: The shrill of the final whistle signaled Cambridge's third successive Varsity defeat.

Modifies a noun

• whistle: Alarm calls are in the form of a shrill whistle.
• scream: A shrill monotone scream, which is often uttered by tight flocks flying round buildings at roof-top height.
• cry: With a shrill cry of anger a man rose from a reclining chair beside the fire.
• voice: In my shrill voice I added, ' Say damn ' .
• blast: The referee draws proceedings to a close with three shrill blasts on his whistle, prompting raucous celebrations from the Barcelona players.
• tone: Her mobile rang, its shrill tone cutting through the air, making her jump.

Modifying Another Word

• increasingly: In Russia, the aristocracy became increasingly shrill in its complaints to Tsar Alexander, that the Continental System was damaging Russian agricultural exports.
• rather: Once you get used to the rather shrill deep south accent of Maggie, the play becomes easier to follow.
• too: Too shrill, too high, too scolding, too tentative: women can't seem to get it right.
• so: There is no sound so shrill, so pure and as urgent as a baby's cry for nourishment.
• very: Young hedgehogs will make a very shrill, loud, call if they are in distress.
• slightly: The combination of Bom-Bane's sweet, slightly shrill soprano and Pynn's undulating strings gives each musical riddle an unearthly quality.

Used with adjective complement

• sound: They will also have to take great pains not to sound shrill.
• grow: Actually he leaves most things to Mom and now the word lazy floats up to me as her voice grows more shrill.
• become: Thus, Muhammad's tone and language against Christianity ( and Judaism ) become shrill.