Only their sparkle and the shrillness of his voice indicate his psychic tension.
The Reds complained with almost unprecedented shrillness.
What he's sneaking out of the house in search of is quiet male bonding evenings with the guys that lack the shrillness of his wife's (and kids) restlessness.
Lansing Mitten Mavens host roller derby bout As the girls circled, the commentator’s mid-ranged drone echoed across the track, his words impossible to decipher from the near-hysterical screams of derby-girls melding with the referee’s periodic whistles. At times, the girls’ voices take on an almost religious, speaking-in-tongues-type fervor; the shrillness piercing fans’ ears with the fury and energy of the Almighty Himself.
Nov. 11, 2013 - The State News
Whittaker Chambers in National Review Online (blog) The most striking feature of the book, Chambers said, was its "dictatorial tone . . . Its shrillness is without reprieve. Its dogmatism is without appeal . . . From almost any page of Atlas Shrugged, a voice can be heard, from painful necessity,...
Chris Dodd in CNN Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut said the first thing he'd try to change is the "discourse, the shrillness of the discussion in this country."
Arun Jaitley in Outlook Senior leader Arun Jaitley wrote in an article analysing the verdict: "Sober governance helps, shrillness does not. Moderation and understatement are virtues."