Mr. Wennberg asserted that the state has paid too much attention to the "fanatical and shrill attacks by the opposition, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary."

Depending on the moment, it can make a melodic sound, a breathy sound or those shrill attacks that can seem so alien and disconcerting to Westerners.

The shrill attacks on Lani Guinier, President Clinton's nominee to head the Justice Department's civil rights division, give to those who know her a sense of Kafkaesque unreality.

Our work presented a perfect contrast to the shrill attacks of the Republicans.

And now he is under shrill, partisan attack, so let his attackers cast the first stone, let them cast it.

He also began shrill attacks on the singer Josephine Baker, who created front page headlines by saying she had been snubbed at the Stork Club because she was black.

The shamelessness, the paranoia, the lapses, the lack of embarrassment about his relatives' behavior, the shrill attacks on the media: is the President of Afghanistan turning into Sarah Palin?

The shrill attack of the Brustwerk (chest-level) pipes takes a little getting used to, but those pipes are an integral part of the overall character.

the shrill attacks on "establishment" values from the left were matched by an equally vociferous defense of traditional values by those who were proud of all their society had achieved.

The protests, which were orchestrated with discipline and theatrical flair, began as a defense of Mr. Estrada but mutated into a shrill attack on Mrs. Arroyo.