wail
verb (used without object)
to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering.
have been wailing
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present perfect progressiveof wail.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The manufacturers have been wailing over the decline of their business, have applied themselves to remedying conditions chiefly through pools, merchandising and economic wakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baby Bells such as BellSouth have been wailing that regulators won't let them into long-distance markets and that the long-distance companies don't want to compete anyway.
From Time Magazine Archive
There should have been wailing and weeping and cursing and praying, for handsome Jerry Strann was dead.
From The Night Horseman by Max Brand
