wail

Example Sentences

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Then she screams, an angry wail that echoes off every appliance in the room.

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Though he was strapped in tightly by various belts across his torso and lap, the young jackalope still shut his eyes and wailed as the plane shook and rattled during a small thunderstorm.

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A short, sharp wail, immediately smothered, broke from her.

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Air raid sirens wail, blaring from speakers mounted on buildings.

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But at night car lights flash across the dark living room, sirens wail, the clock in the kitchen tick-tick.ticks, and I think about the terrible things that could have happened to Mom.

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