wail

With his rapid-fire mandolin playing and tenor wail, Buzz Busby delighted crowds in the honky-tonks of Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Sirens wail as ambulances and rescue vehicles race through the streets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Chakraborty wants him to carry on his work, just as she carried on her research as a mother with a young son who would wail uncontrollably when she would drop him off at daycare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Wylie does, recalling "the wail of sirens and then the release wail of the all clear and the smell of gas".

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

But there was no insulating the sounds: the wail of a baby, the din of radios, the angry words of a family quarrel.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"Literally, the entire group was there in the building, this is a terrible and extraordinary event," he said, as anguished wails from other pilgrims with him are heard over the video.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Nidal al-Arir wails on the ground, pleading for his son, who needs a corneal transplant.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Near Kelly: Set against the Teton Range, the movie “Shane” ends with Alan Ladd in the title role riding away on his horse while little Joey wails, “Shane! SHANE! Come back!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

“My grandmother was a sharecropper in Arkansas, and I know that this is the same thing,” a man shouts at one point as whistles shrill and a handheld siren wails.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026

The gangways were lifted around 12:20 p.m. amidst the wails of the unworthy on the dock.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Jamie Varley, 37, who earlier wailed for his mother, made the remark in the bereavement room at Blackpool Victoria Hospital with 13-month-old Preston Davey in his arms.

From BBC ● May 6, 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

Sunday was the test that all championship teams must pass, and the Rams did so with frozen hands and puffy faces and a will that wailed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026

As we spoke an air raid siren wailed overhead – the sound so familiar that Margaryta did not respond.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025

They sailed through the air as the river churned and wailed below them, splashing Annabeth’s bare ankles with stinging brine.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

"For two hours I kept crying and wailing," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

During Arbaeen, they show their grief, mourning with weeping and wailing in memory of Hussein.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

This week, with air raid warnings wailing in the distance, Kyiv held a funeral for two sisters.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Before they wreaked havoc on others, Matthew and Brady grew up wailing on each other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

They stood on the street, facing in the direction the ambulance had driven, the sound of the siren wailing in the distance.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin