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wail

verb as in cry loudly

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I hear wails and roars in the distance, as well as the rushing of water.

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“We want to go home!” the boys wailed, for this idea of their mother abandoning the family to live with Veronika did not sit well with them.

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“Cake...oh, no!” the children wailed, for they had never been less interested in dessert in their lives.

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The children yapped in alarm, the admiral shouted words of courage, the widow wailed, and Lady Constance shrieked.

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She wailed at the top of her lungs.

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