Word: shrill
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...Friends Only. The craving for the "don't-give-a-damn" pills is not confined to Hollywood. In staid Boston the demand is as keen, but less shrill. It is the same in New York City, Washington...
...linger over each tone color much in the manner of the tenor Gigli. There is no doubt that she is a true diva; even her faults are majestic. Her voice is accustomed to soaring over an orchestra, and the bare accompaniment of a piano could not hide her steely, shrill quality at full voice, another common trait of Italian sopranos...
...Mozart, and he by an Italian aria from The Marriage of Figaro. The most successful song was Bellini's Dolente Immagine, in which Tebaldi lingered over every vowel, almost caressing the notes with her voice. Another highlight was the magnificent Ave Maria from Verdi's Otello, which despite one shrill phrase was memorable for a ravishing final high note in mezza-voce. The audience went wild, and called Tebaldi back for three Puccini arias as encores. She didn't mind the tiring program, and sounded as warm-voiced, and also as occasionally shrill-voiced...
...second set, Trabert again broke Pancho's serve, at which point Gonzales sent a ball screaming into the stands. Trailing 4-1, Pancho, spurred on by a shrill "Go, go, Panch" from the stands, broke Trabert's powerful serve for the first time. His game picked up considerably, and following a series of sensational passing shots, he tied...
...cries for Sir David's scalp grew more and more shrill. The executive committee of the Educational Institute of Scotland demanded his resignation, and the schoolmasters of Leeds did the same. In Birmingham, a mass meeting of teachers recommended that all official functions attended by the Minister be boycotted...