Very faint and shrill it was, and far behind him, when first he heard it; but somehow it made him hurry forward.
A catbird, the Northern mocker, lit in a tree over Tom's head, and trilled out her imitations of her neighbors in a rapture of enjoyment; then a shrill jay swept down, a flash of blue flame, and stopped on a twig almost within the boy's reach, cocked his head to one side and eyed the strangers with a consuming curiosity; a gray squirrel and a big fellow of the "fox" kind came skurrying along, sitting up at intervals to inspect and chatter at the boys, for the wild things had probably never seen
But more distinct came the shrill voice of Tinker Bell.
Corinne Fesseau and her rooster Maurice became the image of the fight when she was brought to court by pensioners next door over the bird's shrill wake-up calls.
;;Corinne Fesseau and her rooster Maurice became the image of the fight when she was brought to court by pensioners next door over the bird's shrill wake-up calls.
Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever changing surf on Long Island.
Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever changing surf on Long Island.
Suddenly a boy's shrill voice rose into the sky.
" "Dragon," came his shrill voice, "can you understand speech?
Reepicheep put forward his left leg, drew back his right, bowed, kissed her hand, straightened himself, twirled his whiskers, and said in his shrill, piping voice: ,,,,,,: "My humble duty to your Majesty.
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling A shrill dark music - like the rain pelting the trees - like a waterfall Knifing down the black ledges?
Someone laughed, a shrill cackling sound that made me jump.
Kamal's laugh was a shrill, nervous sound.
Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever changing surf on Long Island.
Well, goodbye" And she was off As soon as the queen's carriage was out of sight, the girl hurriedly flipped over the pages of the book, the prince turned into a canary, flew to the window, and struck the pillow like an arrow He instantly let out a shrill cry of pain The yellow feathers were stained with blood; the canary had driven the pins into his breast He rose with a convulsive flapping, trusted himself to the wind, descended in irregular arcs, and lit on the ground with outstretched wing
And then, all of a sudden, a shrill voice broke forth out of the darkness: ,.
We must both have cried out aloud when our eyes met, but while mine was the shrill cry of terror, his was a roar of fury like a charging bully's.
I might have been twice as weary, yet I would not have left the deck, all was so new and interesting to me--the brief commands, the shrill note of the whistle, the men bustling to their places in the glimmer of the ship's lanterns.
The pale purple even Melts around thy flight; Like a star of Heaven In the broad daylight Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight: , , , —— Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear Until we hardly see--we feel that it is there.
"Wait a minute," she said in a shrill voice.
