At the same moment there was a shrill ring from behind the curtain.

The shrill ring of her call had woken me in the night.

Suddenly there was a loud, shrill ring, like no telephone he had ever heard before.

There was a shrill ring, but no one came to the door.

The shrill ring of the phone in the morning barely roused him.

His response was interrupted by the shrill ring of the phone on the off ice desk.

At twenty minutes past five, a shrill ring interrupted the governor's slumber.

She smiled, only to have her next move interrupted by the shrill ring of the telephone.

The shrill ring of the front bell tore through the apartment.

She was awakened some time later by the shrill and persistent ring of the phone.