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Meanings of
wailing
in English
Portuguese
lamento
Catalan
gemec
Spanish
lamento
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Loud cries made while weeping.
bawling
Portuguese
lamento
Vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression.
lamenting
wailful
Related terms
sorrowful
Usage of
wailing
in English
1
A bell tolled; in the distance we heard the
wailing
of women.
2
Sirens were
wailing
loudly; it was a very dramatic scene, she said.
3
Somewhere in the depths of the great house, a thin
wailing
began.
4
He was passing in the street and had heard the
wailing
cry.
5
Closer was the
wailing
;
again that faint tremor quivered over the place.
6
Again there was the sound of a
wailing
voice in the air.
7
After patiently hearing my
wailing
,
she said something that I'll never forget.
8
Just cause had they for
wailing
;
need enow they had in sooth.
9
Screams and
wailing
gave way to moans and shrill cries for help.
10
From a distance came a
wailing
he couldn't call human or animal.
11
The
wailing
clang of the boiler went out over the whole town.
12
At 60 miles altitude a thin
wailing
seemed to develop without reason.
13
The
wailing
of the fiddle floated out upon the warm afternoon air.
14
I'm right here! But the child's
wailing
only got louder in response.
15
The cries of dreamers, the
wailing
of sufferers, arose amidst general snoring.
16
Bewildered in the jungle, the queer-looking men wandered aimlessly, moaning and
wailing
.
Other examples for "wailing"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
wailing
Noun
Singular
wail
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
hear the wailing
loud wailing
low wailing
faint wailing
great wailing
Translations for
wailing
Portuguese
lamento
Catalan
gemec
lament
Spanish
lamento
Wailing
through the time
Wailing
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common