"But the last few years have seen a shrillness that should discomfort even its dwindling number of friends, " Peters wrote.

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Mr Baykal's shrillness is drowning out legitimate fears about Turkey moving to a more restrictive social environment because of a more aggressive piety.

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Both Mr Verity and Mr Mitchell give Hecuba's speech to her husband, Priam, when he tells her of going to retrieve their son Hector's body from Achilles, a certain shrillness not necessarily heard in the Greek.

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The shrillness in them seemed forced.

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