Examples of wail in a Sentence

Verb The child started wailing after she stumbled and fell. A saxophone wailed in the background. “No! I don't want to go!” he wailed. She wailed that the vacation was ruined. Noun the wail of a siren a prolonged wail arose from every corner of the city as the victims of the earthquake were unearthed from the rubble See More

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb But despite the staff’s best effort, Ms. Kanbar’s 2-year-old son started to cry and then wail as the registration went on, which in turn caused his older sister to join in before the staff could bring cookies to to console them. — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 One of the visitors reached into her bag, pulled out the phone and let the siren wail in the halls of Congress. — Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 31 Mar. 2022 The idea of concealing a vegetable in a meal has, of course, been around since the first toddler learned to wail at a plate of limp broccoli. — Ella Quittner, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022 In the background, several booms could be heard and an air raid siren began to wail. — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2022 Alyssa would wail in pain from her red burning feet or whimper quietly. — Carolyn Kaster, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2022 The sirens are now slated to wail by the end of 2024, said Zamora. — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2022 When Ruby’s son, Job, gets in trouble after daring to vote, the women are left, as usual, to wail and sing. — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2021 In the Bronx, Harlem and Queens, ambulances and police sirens wail in the background as kids run down sidewalks and gather at the park to play basketball. — USA Today, 16 Oct. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Ukrainian students studying online with DePaul take shelter as air raid sirens wail. — Karen Ann Cullotta, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2022 Each wail reflected the anguish, anger and helplessness felt throughout the crowd at the funeral for a young man whose life was cut short. — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022 Many lined up for hours outside gas stations and supermarkets, mostly ignoring the occasional wail of air raid sirens. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022 The wail of the siren ripped into our ears and propelled us onto the floor. — Kate Tsurkan, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2022 In much of the country, the wail of air raid sirens has become ubiquitous as many Ukrainians seek (ph) out a subterranean existence. — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2022 But just hearing her wail had to have been difficult for the rest of you, right? — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2022 The audience leapt to its feet midway through the song, and stayed there through her final, wrenching, hand-thrust-in-the-air, wail. — New York Times, 26 Sep. 2021 The wail of the air raid siren sent her into a panic. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

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