plaint
Example Sentences
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O’Connor’s, with its silence, turns the original plaint into a jolt.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023
“What seemed to be political fanaticism,” he writes there, “was only an excuse, a parable, a manifesto of fidelity, a coded plaint of love.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023
Instead of breaking something open, and for all its self-conscious daring, “Beau Is Afraid” stays in a relatively safe lane as one more Portnoy-esque plaint about Mom’s inhumanity to man.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023
These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell’s plaint, however.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2020
“Goodman Whittlesley, will you repeat your com. plaint for this assembly?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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