[
UK
/wˈeɪl/
]
[ US /ˈweɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈweɪɫ/ ]
VERB
-
emit long loud cries
howl with sorrow
wail in self-pity -
cry weakly or softly
she wailed with pain
NOUN
-
a cry of sorrow and grief
their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward
How To Use wail In A Sentence
- So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
- Yea, we see in that wailing infant of a week, the outspringing of an immortal spirit which may soon hover on cherub-pinion around the throne of God, or perhaps, in a few years, sink to the regions of untold anguish. The Christian Home
- ‘Ah Dublin, you're giving it away,’ he wailed in the 55th minute, as the Dublin defence fluffed its lines yet again, giving Laois another unearned scoring opportunity.
- When we moved from pilot to series, the notion of recasting Mitchell, Annie and Herrick was met with wails of despair. SFX
- Any dog not in harness was howling and yelping to be put in one, and even when harnessed they continued with their wretched wailing until they were off and running.
- Then back to the city and its vivid smells, the wail of tzigane orchestras, the little dancer of the Orpheum - what was her name?
- Historians must, as usual, do what they can with the materials which lie to hand rather than bewail the absence of that which is missing.
- He really made that guitar wail, though.
- Everyone wailed and gnashed their teeth, even though Thriller was 25 years ago. Mourning in America | Heretical Ideas Magazine
- It was pandemonium, people wailing and screaming.