The male's call is a soft whistle, and the female's is a harsh cackle.

But even as the lark's song pierced his heart with its sweetness, a harsh cackle made him cringe.

Their harsh cackles and the flickering flames of their torches followed him.

Wadrup's harsh cackle was the interruption that brought a finish to The Shadow's instructions.

It was a laugh he was to hear often and get to know, a harsh cackle.

She laughed aloud, a harsh and bitter cackle.

It was a low harsh grinding cackle, as though a giant were cracking walnuts in the next chamber").

"You received a letter from Bruce Duncan," asserted Jark, his cackle slightly harsh.

Myros' answer was a harsh cackle.