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

They wailed and sang as they beat their chests with their hands, a common mourning ritual in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Mama,” I wailed, “you’d better make her stop giggling like that. It’s not funny.”

From Literature

And she wailed, though I didn’t think it was quite as sincere as the night before.

From Literature

Wylie does, recalling "the wail of sirens and then the release wail of the all clear and the smell of gas".

From BBC