high-pitched
adjective
1
: having a high pitch
a high-pitched voice
2
: marked by or exhibiting strong feeling : agitated
a high-pitched, almost frantic campaign—
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the high-pitched sound of a siren
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Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.
—Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
But the sound was really high-pitched and sounded more like an anxious small dog.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Seyfried’s voice gets conspiratorially high-pitched.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.
—Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
These frogs live along fast-flowing streams in mountainous areas of Madagascar, and with such loud background noise, their calls may be especially high-pitched to be heard by other frogs over the sound of the water, according to Scherz.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
But the sound was really high-pitched and sounded more like an anxious small dog.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.
—Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
But the sound was really high-pitched and sounded more like an anxious small dog.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
Emergency vehicle sirens are high-pitched, and the rumblings from large trucks are lower-pitched.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2025
Seyfried’s voice gets conspiratorially high-pitched.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
For example, pain cries are often loud, high-pitched and harsh to grab the attention of listeners and elicit aid.
—Katarzyna Pisanski, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2025
These frogs live along fast-flowing streams in mountainous areas of Madagascar, and with such loud background noise, their calls may be especially high-pitched to be heard by other frogs over the sound of the water, according to Scherz.
—Olivia Ferrari, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
But the sound was really high-pitched and sounded more like an anxious small dog.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2024
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“High-pitched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-pitched. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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