wail

Night is falling in Altadena as bats circle, peacocks wail and photographer Kevin Cooley tries to capture what’s left of a tree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

At each siren wail, the musicians were trained to dive for cover - sometimes mid-session.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Some people, like Anna Shilanski, are choosing to spend their nights underground to avoid having to wake up and rush downstairs when air raid sirens wail in the wee hours.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

Zhao has been signaling this moment from the start of the film, and when Hamnet’s bright, earnest voice is replaced by Buckley’s full-bodied, guttural wail, it’s nearly impossible to stay stone-faced.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025

Cynthia would wail and flail overdramatic fists in the air, all leading up to the big finish, Cynthia planting her face flat on the desk.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

Nidal al-Arir wails on the ground, pleading for his son, who needs a corneal transplant.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Yet amid the wails is heard a new maturity about the government’s role and fiscal limits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“My grandmother was a sharecropper in Arkansas, and I know that this is the same thing,” a man shouts at one point as whistles shrill and a handheld siren wails.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026

At times, the noise of grinding gears can obscure the soprano whoops and wails of the preschoolers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026

“So what do a blackbird’s wails and warbles have to do with finding our way out of the library?” said Akimi.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

"Oh, my martyred child," he wailed, "oh my darling."

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

They wailed and sang as they beat their chests with their hands, a common mourning ritual in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

“Take me to my father,” she wailed as a paramedic tended to her wounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025

As we spoke an air raid siren wailed overhead – the sound so familiar that Margaryta did not respond.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

He remembered how she had stood in silence while Moss wailed in anger and grief, dropping to the cold concrete.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Here, Fay Victor, a uniquely daring and creative singer, adorns her vocal with all manner of creaking, wailing, moaning and scatting, yet she maintains Bey’s feeling of directing a congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

This week, with air raid warnings wailing in the distance, Kyiv held a funeral for two sisters.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Eventually, the bus made its way out onto the main road and towards the team hotel some 15 minutes' drive away, leaving several supporters wailing and sobbing.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

His team is languishing until Sonny gets behind the wheel and Robert Plant starts wailing and John Bonham begins bashing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

As more and more people arrived that morning, the house became crowded and sticky, and the sound of people wailing became too much for Geoffrey to handle.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba