wailing
Example Sentences
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I wait for Tūtū to burst with emotion—tears or wailing or anything.
From Literature
The wailing sound you just heard was a Cleveland Browns fan screaming Why do I do this to myself?
Suddenly I heard another wailing, this time from the yard, and remembered Flora.
From Literature
The 17-year-old Pliny was at Misenum, approximately 18 miles from the volcano, but even there “you could hear the wailing of women, the cries of babies, the shouting of men.”
His team is languishing until Sonny gets behind the wheel and Robert Plant starts wailing and John Bonham begins bashing.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
