wailful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- wailfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of wailful
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
The wailful sweetness of the violin Floats down the hush-ed waters of the wind, The heart-strings of the throbbing harp begin To long in aching music.
From New Poems by Thompson, Francis
All at once a wailful sound arose in his head.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
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