wailful
Americanadjective
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Throughout them all, she has to adjust continually an intricate assembly of instruments: turntable speed controls, cutting tools, a wailful of sound devices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Loretta Schwartz's articles for Philadelphia have won her a wailful of journalism awards�and an annual income of less than $7,500.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clouds were gathering overhead, and a wailful wind made one moaning sweep through the trees behind us in the hollow.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George
I am not going to beat the big drum of sentiment and make a wailful noise.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von
Then over their tops passed a wailful gust of wind, through which we thought came the fall of receding footsteps.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George
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