wail

Example Sentences

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Some people, like Anna Shilanski, are choosing to spend their nights underground to avoid having to wake up and rush downstairs when air raid sirens wail in the wee hours.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The doctor caught the baby—no forceps—and into the quiet space came his wail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

"Celia shrieks strangely," read one, while another said: "They repeat the wail."

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Indy is the most empathetic scream queen of the year so far — and I mean that literally as his breed, a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling retriever, is known for its high-pitched wail.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

She sang with volume and pitch and a heartbreaking wail that echoed through her relatives’ bones, rattling them in the ground under the school itself.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline