wail

Example Sentences

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A short, sharp wail, immediately smothered, broke from her.

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Air raid sirens wail, blaring from speakers mounted on buildings.

From Literature

But at night car lights flash across the dark living room, sirens wail, the clock in the kitchen tick-tick.ticks, and I think about the terrible things that could have happened to Mom.

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I’ll never forget the wail Iris let out when she heard what had happened.

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Mamá lets out a wail that I can hear as I am huffing and puffing up the tall staircase to our apartment after returning home from school.

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