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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wail.

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Examples

  • The call wailed to Theor through the Orgover thunders and the drumplay ashore.

    Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • The call wailed to Theor through the Orgover thunders and the drumplay ashore.

    Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

  • The "Death of Cathullin" wailed from the sounding notes; but Bruce heard as though he heard them not; they soothed his mood without his perceiving what it was that calmed, yet deepened, the saddening thoughts that possessed him.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • Likewise was their garrison here, and their officials lived simple lives, five times daily humbling themselves before God when the muezzin's call wailed across the sky.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • Likewise was their garrison here, and their officials lived simple lives, five times daily humbling themselves before God when the muezzin's call wailed across the sky.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1988

  • Margot wailed from a deep chest: 'The magister so well hath loved thee.

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

  • The show starts, and I play my harmonica with the Nine Inch Males, and I was told that I "wailed".

    WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: imported from Blogger Archives 2002

  • The show starts, and I play my harmonica with the Nine Inch Males, and I was told that I "wailed".

    WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: imported from Blogger Archives 2002

  • At 4: 45 this morning, as the boy wailed and wailed which is his crazy little way of saying "I'm ready to get up and PLAY now, dammit!"

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2002

  • The show starts, and I play my harmonica with the Nine Inch Males, and I was told that I "wailed".

    WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: imported from Blogger Archives 2002

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