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• a  used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
• s  set at a sharp or high angle or slant
  a high-pitched roof

• The note was the fourth in a high-pitched controversy about Yugoslavia's territorial demands on Austrian Carinthia, which Russia first backed, then repudiated (PTI, June 27).
• In recent years, with her girly, high-pitched delivery ripened into a strong-woman wail, Fassie has entered a new phase of her career.
• Add in group founder Eazy-E's oddly menacing high-pitched snarl, and support from MC Ren and DJ Yella and it made for a true gang-bangin' all-star team.

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News & Articles

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• Sharapova Rallies to Reach French Open Semifinals
  Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka, who will meet in the French Open semifinals, have reputations not only as powerful ball-strikers but also as the game’s most high-pitched shriekers.
  June 5, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Rich Aurilia in Oakland Tribune
  I just thought he was a big mean, ol' closer, but he was totally different than that,Aurilia said. "I remember when I met him he came over to say hello with that big high-pitched voice of his. He was a great teammate and a great...
• Shannen Doherty in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  It's funny because I originally thought that Mari was going to be the harder voice to do because she is so super bubbly and kind of annoying. Everything's like [high-pitched] 'Oh my God!'Doherty says. "I thought, 'Ugh! How am I going to do...
• Richard Hell in guardian.co.uk
  At the time of the original recording I was so debilitated by despair and drug-need that I was useless,Hell said. "The record ended up being a high-pitched sludge of guitar noise. It was a shame because the songs were clean, simple, and...