Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of expressing sorrow, grief, or the like audibly; loud cries of sorrow; deep lamentation.
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- noun A loud drawn out
scream andhowl . - verb Present participle of
wail .
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- adjective vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression
- noun loud cries made while weeping
Etymologies
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Examples
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All of this wailing is a long winded way of saying that, this morning, I cut 10k worthless, horrible, painful words out of my manuscript.
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The latter being a VERY cool tune with Robin wailing at the end, “I wanna live in your body!”
Holy crap, Cheap Trick’s Transformers The Fallen theme rocks! » Scene-Stealers 2009
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So, despite all the screaming and wailing from the right about how Obama threatens America, an unnerving bipartisan consensus on the key precepts of American militarism has, in 2010, fully re-asserted itself.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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So, despite all the screaming and wailing from the right about how Obama threatens America, an unnerving bipartisan consensus on the key precepts of American militarism has, in 2010, fully re-asserted itself.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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So, despite all the screaming and wailing from the right about how Obama threatens America, an unnerving bipartisan consensus on the key precepts of American militarism has, in 2010, fully re-asserted itself.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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I remember when the company in Dubai wanted to buy our ports and the wailing from the Repugs was deafening.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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But for five whole days he plunged the land in wailing and sorrow, and for five whole days he was the only man in the Klondike.
AT THE RAINBOW'S END 2010
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So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room.
Moderately Shocked 2009
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So far the Obama Administration, to our surprise and perhaps its own, has behaved with admirable sobriety despite the wailing from the political left.
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So, despite all the screaming and wailing from the right about how Obama threatens America, an unnerving bipartisan consensus on the key precepts of American militarism has, in 2010, fully re-asserted itself.
Jonathan Weiler: Deafening Silence: Why Our Ongoing Wars Are Not a Campaign Issue Jonathan Weiler 2010
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