[
UK
/wˈeɪlɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈweɪɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈweɪɫɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
lamenting sinners
the wailing wind
wailful bagpipes
tangle her desires with wailful sonnets
wailing mourners
NOUN
- loud cries made while weeping
How To Use wailing 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
- 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.
- It was pandemonium, people wailing and screaming.
- ln less than six minutes, the ambulance came wailing back from the shipyard, one of the police cars in front of it running interference. CORMORANT
- Rarely has so much wailing been to so little effect. Times, Sunday Times
- He didn't attempt to swat it a third time, but opened the door, and stumbled downstairs, wailing. SACRAMENT
- As with most games in this niche genre, AE features wailing guitars, canned jazz, and an array of real-world aircraft.
- Kippletringan was distant at first a gey bit; then the gey bit was more accurately described, as ablins three mile; then the three mile diminished into like a mile and a bittock; then extended themselves into four mile or there-awa; and, lastly, a female voice, having hushed a wailing infant which the spokeswoman carried in her arms, assured Guy Mannering, It was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan, and unco heavy road for foot passengers. Chapter I
- But such a weak, puny, wailing princelet as he was! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2