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‘A scream can be shrill.’

[⟨det scream.n⟩ shrill.a]

Learned by Reading

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“Brendon’s voice was so close to a shrill scream with the word because he had fallen for Ryan.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A shrill scream erupts from her normally silent mouth as hot red circles are burned into our skin.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Another shrill scream and Junko tapped his fingers together, looking embarassed.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He watched her brown eyes appaear to get darker at each shrill scream.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The thing let out a shrill scream before dissolving into a clump of poisonous mushrooms, a small pod slowly popping out of it before crumbling to dust.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But it wasn’t a dream as he involuntarily let out a shrill scream into the silent air.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Nandini released a shrill, long scream, dropping her carefully cultivated upper – class air without a second’s thought.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A horrible, shrill scream comes out of Noriko.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A shrill scream rippled through the air.
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In Wikipedia:

The female of the species is known to emit a loud, shrill scream during the mating season to attract males.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A shrill scream spilled from Billie’s lips as Tim gripped a hold of Billie’s thighs and began to thrust madly and at an insane pace, causing tears to show themselves at the corners of Billie’s sewn shut eyes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“Lemme see,’ ’ he ordered, grabbing the injured arm, and his sister let out a shrill scream.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Somewhere in the distance there was a shrill, thin scream, turning into a long – drawn – out howl.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And believe you me, there is nothing more interesting to a riled up yellow jacket then a shrill high pitched girlie scream of a victim with no chance of escape.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“It’ll be 4am, local, when I get there.” “Call me anyway.” 9am and you stumble out of bed, bleary, to the shrill electronic scream of an alarm clock.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“Haruna’s sentence was cut short when a shrill scream echoed in the hall.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There is a SHRILL SCREAM and a CRASH as she disappears into the spinning cogs, and the villagers stop their work and look on in horror.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Uttering a shrill scream Joan pushed away from Monsoor’s body then shuffled nervously toward her clothes.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.