wailing
Example Sentences
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Eventually, the bus made its way out onto the main road and towards the team hotel some 15 minutes' drive away, leaving several supporters wailing and sobbing.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The wailing sound you just heard was a Cleveland Browns fan screaming Why do I do this to myself?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
The 17-year-old Pliny was at Misenum, approximately 18 miles from the volcano, but even there “you could hear the wailing of women, the cries of babies, the shouting of men.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
No, Moore goes for the hard stuff: wailing saxophones, arrhythmic bass lines, drums that follow beats so out of time they might as well come from the deepest reaches of space.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
How could a table make a wailing noise?
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
