wail in English

noun
1
a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
Christopher let out a wail
verb
1
give a cry of pain, grief, or anger.
Tina ran off wailing

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "wail" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "wail", or refer to the context using the word "wail" in the English Dictionary.

1. Widow's Wail.

2. Mourn* and wail,

3. Wail and cry out.

4. The child immediately began to wail.

5. She gave a wail of anguish.

6. 11 Wail, you inhabitants of Makʹtesh,*

7. She uttered a wail of grief.

8. Bewail definition is - to wail over

9. 11 Farmers are dismayed, vinedressers wail,

10. And the professional mourners to wail.’

11. Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!

12. To Bawl is to weep or wail loudly

13. Bawl definition, to cry or wail lustily

14. I heard the wail of a police siren.

15. Compare cry, sob, weep, wail and whimper.

16. I heard the wail of a baby.

17. 8 Wail as a virgin* wearing sackcloth does

18. The women began to wail in mourning. Sentencedict.com

19. Somewhere behind them a child began to wail.

20. A long plaintive wail emanated from the cardboard box.

21. He opened his mouth and began to wail.

22. She heard the sirens scream their unearthly wail.

23. Somewhere to the rear a child began to wail.

24. The widow began to wail, and Jane led her away.

25. Who buys a minute’s mirth to wail a week,

26. BEWAIL — bə̇, bē+ verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English Bewailen, from be- + wailen to wail — more at wail … Webster's New International English Dictionary; BEWAIL — (v

27. 2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;

28. One of the small children began to wail with terror.

29. BEWAIL — bə̇, bē+ verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English Bewailen, from be- + wailen to wail — more at wail … Webster's New International English Dictionary; STORM — (v

30. From Middle English Bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) +‎ wail.

31. CAPULET Death, that hath ta'en her hence to make me wail,

32. From Middle English Bewailen, equivalent to be- (“over, about”) +‎ wail.

33. We could just hear the distant wail of a siren.

34. He began to wail like a man at a bier.

35. Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.

36. We were woken in the night by the wail of ambulance sirens.

37. On their roofs and in their public squares they all wail;

38. Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.

39. The wail of the bagpipe could be heard in the distance.

40. Bemoan Meaning: "to Bemoan, wail, lament;" see be- + moan (v.)

41. Behind them, in the city, Edouard heard the sirens begin to wail.

42. Then he began to grovel and wail, " I deserve to die! "

43. What is Brayed? Definition and meaning:BrayedTo groan, wail; make a foul noise.

44. From Middle English Bewailen‎, equivalent to be-("over, about") + wail

45. 3 Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.

46. 8 I stiffen, I wail, I wave my arms, I kick my feet.

47. Ferns poured out of a window; scurvy grass lay rotting by the wail.

48. The more bitterly children wail before a bier, the more filial they are.

49. She would go into a trance and wail her incantations to the spirits.

50. There are many synonyms of Crooned which include Bellow, Hum, Lull, Murmur, Roar, Wail, etc.