In his speech on Sunday, he complained that "the escalating, shrill and fearful rhetoric on all sides of this issue has drowned out thoughtful discourse and comment."

Economic development, to choose just one subject, cannot be addressed through shrill rhetoric.

Well, it's that same shrill rhetoric, it's that same shrill power.... And that's happening in this country.

In the 1950's, when rock 'n' roll dislodged Tin Pan Alley pop from cultural center stage, the shrillest rhetoric came from the older generation.

Its chief contribution is shrill rhetoric, not penetrating insight.

It is for shrill, hyperbolic, divisive and intemperate right-wing rhetoric.

He and other experts contend that beneath the shrill rhetoric of landlord-tenant debates in New York, there are a few disturbing facts.

We're going to look over all the swamp, and all the muck, and all the nasty rhetoric and the shrill rhetoric that exists on both sides.

He is right to avoid shrill rhetoric from Left and Right.

The current political climate also adds to the sometimes shrill rhetoric of advocacy groups.