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as in lamentation
a crying out in grief
the day after the massacre the plaints of bereaved mothers and wives could be heard throughout the village
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as in complaint
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
that taxes are too high is perhaps the most perennial of plaints
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Recent Examples of plaint
And to be perfectly fair, the New Deal had seven or eight big years of operation (the plaints about the Supreme Court etc. blocking reforms being so many excuses).
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Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Goldberger's plaint is overstated.
—Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Somewhere between folk-rock plaint and short story, Margo Price sings about a pregnant woman at a clinic, with a hard-luck past and a tough decision to make.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021
These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell’s plaint, however.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Among other things, this culture war plaint was a brazen gambit for a rich kid whose start-to-finish private education cost $500,000.
—Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 25 July 2019
There’s a scene in Fallen Kingdom that will stay with me for a little while: a lone brontosaurus, standing on a shore nearly engulfed in ash and flame, stretching its long neck up to the sky and braying out a mournful plaint.
—Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 June 2018
Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Goldberger's plaint is overstated.
—Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Somewhere between folk-rock plaint and short story, Margo Price sings about a pregnant woman at a clinic, with a hard-luck past and a tough decision to make.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021
These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell’s plaint, however.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Among other things, this culture war plaint was a brazen gambit for a rich kid whose start-to-finish private education cost $500,000.
—Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 25 July 2019
There’s a scene in Fallen Kingdom that will stay with me for a little while: a lone brontosaurus, standing on a shore nearly engulfed in ash and flame, stretching its long neck up to the sky and braying out a mournful plaint.
—Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaint
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The present moment demands resolve and affirmative thinking from the foreign policy community about how to sustain and reinforce the international order, not just lamentations about Trump’s destructiveness or resignation about the order’s fate.Jake Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2018
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No such resourcefulness is evident in Tesori’s score, which wavers between mid-century film-music heroics and sentimental lamentations, with tame avant-garde gestures popping up here and there.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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The complaint, first reported by Front Office Sports, was filed last Friday.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The information in my complaint was from a long-ago completed investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
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Simpson's gruff, outlaw country timbre ranged from wails to whispers, adapting to echo the style of the band and the current tune.Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2024
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Cue more sofa wails and pitying looks at family gatherings when relatives ask you about your love life.Olivia Petter, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
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When in use, the motor produced a slightly audible whistle/whine.John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
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Fittingly, its most art-averse detractors responded with an awful lot of whine.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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The big picture: The Assad regime's fall after five decades in power and 13 years of civil war left behind many armed groups, and many more grievances.Barak Ravid, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024
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Colts star defensive end DeForest Buckner aired out his grievances with the way the Colts' season is set to end.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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The sailors’ splashes and cries, along with the debris from the sinking ship, likely signaled to the sharks that an easy feast was at hand.Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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But the heartbreaking cries continued as the video showed him in another part of the home.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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This nascent subgenre flows directly from Woody Guthrie’s suite of murder ballads, which gave the workingman’s lament an infusion of antihero glamour.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Italian cinema is traveling less these days, Favino laments.Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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The city declared a day of mourning on January 9, the third such observance in just 40 days.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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President Joe Biden, who declared Thursday a national day of mourning after Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100, delivered the eulogy.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Plaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaint. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.
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