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Meanings of wail in English

Portuguese
ulular
Catalan
ulular
Spanish
gemir

Emit long loud cries.

        ulular
        Portuguese
        gemer
        Catalan
        gemir
        Spanish
        gemir

        Cry weakly or softly.

              gemer
              Portuguese
              lamentação
              Catalan
              gemec
              Spanish
              gemido

              A cry of sorrow and grief.

                    lamentação
                    Usage of wail in English
                    1
                    Told that journalists didn't consider it news, he would wail, Why not?
                    Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
                    2
                    The lost float up in shadowy forms, and wail in whispered despair.
                    Fifteen Years in Hell: An Autobiography
                    3
                    A woman's heart throbbed in the lilt and broke in the wail.
                    The Yeoman Adventurer
                    4
                    Fitfully the words came on the wind, in an almost heart-breaking wail:
                    A Little Journey in the World
                    5
                    For a second, Willy heard the ghostly wail of her daughter's voice.
                    In the night room: a novel
                    6
                    As he topped the rise, she gave a great wail of torment.
                    Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
                    7
                    The little voice rose higher and higher in a sort of wail.
                    Great Possessions
                    8
                    The wail of anguish in her voice went straight to his heart.
                    Green Fancy
                    9
                    From below, rose a shrill wail; and the door ceased its groaning.
                    The House on the Borderland
                    10
                    Through the open window, I heard a siren wail in the distance.
                    Bones Are Forever
                    11
                    One more wail would go the round in that wind by night.
                    Peter Pan
                    12
                    The two women, terrified, began to wail in concert with the dog.
                    Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
                    13
                    And therewith across the muttering thunder came a wail of the ghost-music.
                    Donal Grant
                    14
                    The wail and bark of a jackal came from the landward plain.
                    The Valley of the Kings
                    15
                    The third and last scream died out in a low, bubbling wail.
                    Fort Amity
                    16
                    The voice sank away in a low wail, and Amzi sprang up.
                    The Days of Mohammed
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