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Meanings of loud wailing in English

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Usage of loud wailing in English
1
Soon he came to a teepee from whence loud wailing voices broke.
Old Indian Legends
2
Then there was a loud wailing noise followed by a terrific detonation.
Combed Out
3
They all, with a loud wailing, upraised their hands to Minerva.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)
4
Forthwith he did lift up his voice in a loud wailing: OH-H, Jimmy!
Stories of a Western Town
5
Suddenly a loud wailing sounded and the staccato of drums.
The Shelters of Stone
6
And as they journeyed thus, they heard an exceeding loud wailing near to them.
Bulfinch's Mythology
7
Suddenly, a loud wailing siren cuts through the silence.
The kommandant's girl
8
There was the sound of loud wailing inside.
A Chinese Wonder Book
9
Fierce shouts, loud wailing cries, and a confused sound of running and talking had been heard.
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
10
And then she made a loud wailing noise like an animal on a nature programme on television.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
11
Before the native to whom he spoke could answer, the long, loud wailing cry again burst forth.
The Ebbing Of The Tide / South Sea Stories - 1896
12
When I went to their house last week I was greeted by the loud wailing of a baby.
Reuters
13
Because of the emperor's death there was loud wailing, and the news reached the empress and the princess.
The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc
14
They sang a loud wailing song as they marched, mingled with cries of defiance, and now and then of laughter.
Sir Ludar / A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
15
Suddenly a light seemed to turn on, and a loud wailing cry was heard that ended in a death rattle.
The Shelters of Stone
16
Among the Adelaide natives as soon as a person dies, a loud wailing cry is raised by the relations and friends.
Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and ...
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