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Wailing
"Wailing" in a Sentence (12 examples)
The sirens are wailing.
In the Lithuanian township of Veisiejai, he was present at the death of a little girl. A raging fever consumed her. The unhappy mother almost went crazy with sorrow. For months afterwards he would hear her continual tears and wailing. He decided to leave general practice and to specialize as an oculist.
Tears ensue, / and wailing, shrill as though her heart would bleed.
I looked about me and found, close to the forest, a helpless babe, lying quite naked upon the grasses and wailing piteously.
This wailing needs to stop immediately.
The “loudly crying face” emoji is a yellow face with an open mouth wailing and streams of heavy tears flowing from closed eyes. It conveys inconsolable grief but also other intense feelings, such as uncontrollable laughter or overwhelming joy.
The old men and women gathered in the torch-lit wailing temple to cry throughout the night.
She wasn't wailing anymore...
A police car chases after the criminal with its siren wailing.
The ambulance is travelling with its siren wailing and blue light flashing.
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'For as soon as I heard Tewkesbury tell of screams and wailings in the air, and no one to be seen,' said Elzevir, 'I guessed that some poor soul had got shut in the vault, and was there crying for his life.
Craig ran off wailing because his friend pulled a prank on him.
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