They were sombre blues, opaque like a delicately carved bowl in lapis lazuli, and yet with a quivering lustre that suggested the palpitation of mysterious life; there were purples, horrible like raw and putrid flesh, and yet with a glowing, sensual passion that called up vague memories of the Roman Empire of Heliogabalus; there were reds, shrill like the berries of holly—one thought of Christmas in England, and the snow, the good cheer, and the pleasure of children—and yet by some magic softened
They chased one another with shrill cries and laughter, and their bodies, brown and wet, gleamed in the sunlight.
Of their elders some, by imitating the antics of youth, strive to persuade themselves that their day is not yet over; they shout with the lustiest, but the war cry sounds hollow in their mouth; they are like poor wantons attempting with pencil, paint and powder, with shrill gaiety, to recover the illusion of their spring.
Did it change into the cry of the wind, plaintive at first, angrily shrill as it freshened, rising to a tearing whistle, sinking to a musical trickle of air from the leech of the bellying sail?
They watched the little animal as he waddled along the path contentedly and with importance; watched him till they saw his muzzle suddenly lift and his waddle break into a clumsy amble as he quickened his pace with shrill whines and wriggles of recognition.
" and forthwith their shrill little voices uprose on the air, singing one of the old-time carols that their forefathers composed in fields that were fallow and held by frost, or when snow-bound in chimney corners, and handed down to be sung in the miry street to lamp-lit windows at Yule-time.
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.
