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

“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

The doctor caught the baby—no forceps—and into the quiet space came his wail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

I wanted to wail, to wave my arms in exuberance, to give myself up right then and there to the unexplainable force that overpowered the others in the room.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago