plaintive

As Rangers people run around with their hair on fire, those words appear more plaintive than ever.

I remember one particularly plaintive voice on the phone: “Steven, why are you lying to me? What have I done wrong?”

Thursday’s sold-out finale is a definitive retort to the plaintive cry among Oakland fans: Is there anyone that can stop this move?

Canadian singer-songwriter Jane Siberry co-wrote and recorded the plaintive closing ballad “It Can’t Rain All the Time,” titled after a line Draven says in the film.

One of the most plaintive refrains of the Y2K era was sung by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182: “Well, I guess this is growing up.”