shrill

terävä, kimakka

kiljua

kimeä

kirkuva high-pitched High-pitched and piercing.

The woods rang with shrill cries of the birds.

Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give / To sounds confused.

Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high.

'Oh, don't she look white!' cried a shrill girl with a baby in her arms.

Break we our pipes, that 'shrilld''' loud as lark.

No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.

His voice shrilled with passion.

(rfquotek)

The shrill of the whistle from the locomotive “Charlestown” announced the arrival of the first train into Fitchburg on 5 March 1845 (..)