wail
Example Sentences
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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
Ada, 36, is strolling on the beach, unfazed by the wail of air alert sirens mingling with the squawking of seagulls.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
“This can’t be happening,” I wail, my hands shaking as I feel the unprecedented thinness of my ponytail.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
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
“I don’t know why he hates us so much,” Hyacinth said with a wail.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Vocabulary lists containing wail
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