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Meanings of plaint in anglès
Sinònims
Examples for "wail"
Examples for "wail"
1
Told that journalists didn't consider it news, he would wail, Why not?
2
The lost float up in shadowy forms, and wail in whispered despair.
3
A woman's heart throbbed in the lilt and broke in the wail.
4
Fitfully the words came on the wind, in an almost heart-breaking wail:
5
For a second, Willy heard the ghostly wail of her daughter's voice.
1
Sir, -Many sincere Christians lament alcohol being sold today, Good Friday.
2
Advocates of hybrid technology often lament the high cost of the cars.
3
Bowman was left to lament a missed opportunity, but not for long.
4
The next is the lament of the mother over her dead son:
5
No need to lament a scarcity that's in your hands to change.
1
Then he fell-inthe gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation.
2
The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon.
3
Weeping and moaning and lamentation was the principal order of the occasion.
4
In the castle of the Greylocks, meanwhile, there was sorrow and lamentation.
5
Whilst the prince made this lamentation, the Queen came before the King.
Usage of plaint in anglès
1
And hear the plaint of John Winthrop to his father in 1717:
2
The plaint of my own life vanished from me in a moment.
3
Only the lonely pillow and the midnight hour shall hear my plaint.
4
The Prince held up his hand, and the merchant ceased his plaint.
5
Then all the young girl's vexation was exhaled in a low plaint:
6
She fell away to Mr. Morsfield, for simple hearing of her plaint.
7
Poverty, to be accepted without plaint, must be without debts of gratitude.
8
A related plaint concerns the need for a 'purpose' in life.
9
The plaint of the gravel travelled slowly all round the drive.
10
But as I said, I make no plaint; I do not lack courage.
11
The song departs as it came, through the tearful plaint of double phrase.
12
As the sound of the thunder rolled away a sad plaint was heard.
13
The plaint of a high-flying gull drifted down to the boy.
14
Evelyn again began to hum the plaint of the Rhine Maidens.
15
The chorus resumed their plaint, calling on Vulcan, the god of the cuckolds.
16
The bishop entertained him with a frown, and exposed the plaint.
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Plaint across language varieties
United Kingdom
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