Example Sentences

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All of Ivan’s brothers looked up now, and the two who had been wailing silenced abruptly.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

On days when he had been wailing, he did not sing.

From The Sayings Of Confucius by Lyall, Leonard Arthur

She looked significantly at Frank's wife, who had been wailing through Hanging Rock the woeful plight of her dead father-in-law's family.

From The Price She Paid by Phillips, David Graham

Oh, there had been wailing and gnashing of teeth, indeed!

From The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston