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The newspapers became even shriller in their attacks .

报纸的攻击渐趋尖刻。

In the past two years that nationalism has acquired a shriller tone .

两年来民族主义的声音尖利了很多。

But his knack for conjuring a vision of a better america rings a little hollow after four years of lacklustre growth and ever shriller partisan rhetoric .

但是，在经历了4年的死气沉沉的经济增长和更加严酷的党派纷争之后，他那种能够唤起人们对更加美好的美国的愿景的天才逐渐沦为空谈。

Their demands became ever shriller .

他们的要求变得更为强烈。

British ones are shriller and more widely read than in most countries .

英国的报纸相比其他国家更为尖刻受众面也更广。