wailing

[ UK /wˈe‍ɪlɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈweɪɫɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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
  1. loud cries made while weeping
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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
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