wailed
Example Sentences
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Draped in a torn white skirt and black fishnet gloves to complement, she wailed “I hate when girls die.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"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
“He’s coming down to eat us!” wailed the Old-Green-Grasshopper.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
