Meanings of plaintive wail in English

These died suddenly as the plaintive wail of the air-raid siren broke the air.

It was no longer the loud, defiant howl, but a long, plaintive wail; Blanca!

They were foraging amid ruined structures and dense vegetation, when a plaintive wail halted them.

The last thing Ayla heard as she disappeared behind the broken ridge was Durc's plaintive wail-

The sound echoed across the compound, a plaintive wail, coming from the direction of Skippy's village.

Oola joined in with the black's plaintive wail.

His little eyes became very sad, and he broke out in a long, plaintive wail, Ooee!

Then they broke out into a plaintive wail; the women tore their hair, shrieked, screamed, and wept.

From the control room behind him the plaintive wail of a female singer drifted through the open door.

His feet become cut and sore, and in every day's entry is a plaintive wail at the pain.

Grace cut short the plaintive wail.

Blanche's excited, impudently abusive tongue and the General's plaintive wail as, apparently, he sought to justify himself in something.

Explosive reports of a rifle punctuated the plaintive wail, and booming echoes reverberated along the river valley, accompaniment for Goldberg's mournful keening.

The old baronet lived to see him return, though with plaintive wail he often declared to his daughter-in-law that this was impossible.

Saint Joan clutched her doctor's bag and moaned, a plaintive wail filled with such longing I almost gave in to desire myself.

The tune was the sweetest little plaintive wail, and at the end of each stanza it died, died, till you had to cry.