Every now and then came the shriek of the plover, or the shrill cry of the peeweet; and gayer and more lively than all others was the merry clattering of the big bush wagtail in the distance.
The din of this chattering was enhanced considerably by the shrill sounds of tree frogs and crickets, and the hubbub made Dot feel like the little Native Bear--as if her "head was empty.
Just then there arose from the bush a shrill walling and shrieking that made Dot's heart stop with fear.
They stopped in their headlong speed, shouting all together in their shrill voices, "The Bunyip!
Just as the first sheep were descending the deep slope of the tank, a Plover rose from amongst the bushes with a shrill cry.
Joel sat there on the steps, under the shadow of the dark building, thinking of many things, and feeling very happy and peaceful, until a long, shrill sound from the north told of the coming of the 9.
Afar down the road a shrill long whistle announced the approach of the train, and a comparative hush fell on the crowd.
And the big drum boomed, and the shrill fifes tootled, and the crimson banners waved upon the breeze, and every one cheered himself hoarse, and thus the conquering heroes came back to the college that loved them.
And beasts and birds began to cry in shrill tones.
And observing that great forest, which was crowded with hosts of deer and wild beasts, resounding with the shrill cries of birds, and hearing the shrieks and yells of the denizens of the wilderness.
Then the Asuras, drums struck up and their shrill bugles were sounded; and the Danava chiefs yelled their terrific war-cry.
An animate object was frantically pawing the iron bars, and a succession of short, shrill yaps of delight pierced the air.
Then I shall give a shrill whistle on the French bo'sun's pipe I have in my pocket, you will advance your men and fall to, and we shall come upon them from the other side.
The Captain's shrill silver whistle rang out loudly at this instant, and Nic and his men grasped their cudgels more tightly.
Then the shrill pipe of the boatswain called the boats alongside of the "Constitution.
The wind no longer blew, and the shrill pipes and the creaking of the blocks as the light yards came down echoed clearly across the silent water.
The porter, starting up, did ring the bell, The virgins shrieked, which all made murmurs shrill Like Irish hubbubs in pursuit of ill.
Swaddled in armour, drums appeas'd thy cries, And theshrill trumpet sung thy lullabies.
But when he is embossed in blood and sweat, When travail on his swiftness fetters hangs, He then is frighted with the shrill recheat, And fears a pinking with the yellers' fangs.
And, with a voice shrill and as fierce as thunder, Sware she would knap their silly loves in sunder.
What shall we do then, when the voice Of the shrill trump with strong fierce noise 60 Shall pierce our ears, and summon all To th' Universe' wide Judgement Hall?
But I had not reached the forest when I heard a shrill whistle behind me.
And mingling with his voice was the voice of a woman of the camp, raised in shrill complaint.
Now she gave all her energies to subduing the fire; and, swiftly rallying every man or woman in the camp she drove them with blows and shrill invective to beating the blaze with sodden boughs and wet sand.
The shrill pipes reverberated under the awnings, and sailors, neat and trim in white uniforms that contrasted beautifully with their dark skins, ran to man the graceful white cutter.
Out of it a shrill female voice--"Mind 'is fice; yer spoiling it!
The Umbiquas retired precipitately with their dead, uttering a yell of disappointment and rage, to which three of our boys, being ordered so to do, responded with a shrill war-whoop of defiance.
I once asked a very talented lady teacher of Elocution in Philadelphia if she regarded shrill voices as incurable.
He was only half-conscious of the hawk's shrill scream of pain, of its swift retreat into the blue, with the broken leg dangling grotesquely.
Both men jumped nervously when the shrill siren of a police motorcycle sounded in the distance.
Some furry water animal leaped away as Garth trudged upstream, alarmed by the strange midnight visitant and the self-encouraging mutterings of a shrill human voice.
When the shrillvoice ceased and the dwarf sank back into the coat they had thrown around him, the two policemen gazed at each other.
I was walking along the road, when my ear was attracted by the fine, shrill lisping and piping of a small band of these birds in an apple-tree.
They did not come to blows, but followed each other about amid the branches, uttering their thin, shrill notes and displaying their ruby crowns to the utmost.
Then he springs to a rail that runs out at right angles from the wall toward me, and with hectoring snickers and shrill trebles, pointed straight at me, keeps up his performance.
The chickadees were clinging to the ends of the sprays, as usual, apparently very busy looking for food, and all the time uttering their shrill plaint.
And then a shrill siren alarm from outside started clanging.
His whole gigantic body gave a last convulsive lunge, and he emitted a deafening shrill scream of agony.
There was a scramble, a scuffing of hoofs, and a loud, shrill shriek from the interior of the carriage; then the horses were forced on to their haunches, and Stafford scrambled to his feet from the road into which he had been hustled.
At five o'clock the shrill blasts of a Swiss horn roused every sleeper, and wrapt in blankets or whatever they could easiest lay their hands upon, a motley crew hastened to see the sun rise from the Kulm, or summit.
He was almost asleep when he heard a shrill whistle behind him and the tramping of heavy feet upon the fallen timbers.
Again he heard a shrill whistle that shook the boughs of the trees like a gale, and in a few moments he saw the giant striding towards him.
He fired quickly in return, and the weapon of his unseen enemy dropped to the floor with a crash, followed by a shrill scream of pain.
A second later and the shrill call of a bugle carried through the town.
His laugh, too, was kindly--a shrill little laugh that tinkled like glass beads.
But at that very instant there sounded in the garden behind us a loud and shrill whistle.
Yes, a perch,' repeated the brigadier in a shrill pipe.
Then there was more hammering around the sufferer's feet, and more shrill wailing.
What the fastenings were Thurstane could guess from the fact that he saw blows given, and heard the long shrill scream of a woman in uttermost agony.
The moment he reached the shore he gave a shrill hoot of exultation, went at his bearskin craft with both hands, dragged it clean out of the water, and gave it a couple of furious kicks.
There were robins hopping about the lawn; the voices of his sister's children came, shrill and sweet, calling to one another as they dug in the garden by the house.
Thou gatherest up the silence in oneshrill Vibrating note and send'st it where, half hid In cedars, twilight sleeps--each azure lid Drooping a line of golden eyeball still.
