wail
verb (used without object)
to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering.
are wailing
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present progressiveof wail.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While those in the funeral procession are wailing in grief, the members of the wedding procession are jubilant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
“All these people who are wailing and gnashing of teeth know that there are two ways of doing what they want to do,” Rees-Mogg told the BBC.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2019
I live in a rural county of 2,532 sq miles - over 6 times bigger than the one they are wailing about.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2016
One minute you are full of youthful vigour, the next you are wailing "Où sont les Electric Chairs d'antan?" while your kids roll their eyes and turn up the volume on Spotify.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2010
And next all the intercoms in the house are wailing.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
