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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : weyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪl |
Definition of wailed
Origin :- c.1400; see wail (v.).
- verb cry loudly
- Hippy said he pounded and shouted and howled and wailed and pounded some more.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- "But Papa Jack would die befo' he'd take help from you," she wailed.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- "Oh, it makes me so lonesome when you sing that way," wailed the Little Colonel.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- The watchers wept and wailed at first, and then fell to eating and drinking.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- "Tom don' want to go to the poor-farm," he wailed piteously.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- He wailed away, filling the air with prophecies of doom and disaster.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- She needed him, she wailed; he was her life, her all; she should die if he left her.
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "This but makes my burden heavier, my responsibility greater," she wailed.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- "If you will do it, Dic, if you will do it," wailed Mrs. Bays.
- Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major
- "She's ashore already," he wailed, trying to tear himself away.
- Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
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