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wailing
noun as in cry
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That wailing sound you hear drifting across the Atlantic are the cries of climate activists as London weighs a big step away from net-zero insanity.
Tick the paddle shifter, the wailing revs slip slightly—a kind of warble—then head through the roof again.
The song is soft, with a distant, wailing sax peeking in for a brief moment among drum lines.
“We heard wailing like screaming in terror,” the woman said, saying the screams were a “type of guttural wailing you don’t really forget.”
Agnes’ wailing — I could do that right now in front of you.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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