wailing
adjective
uttering a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering.
wailingly
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a word derived from
wailing.
Example Sentences
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The wind soughed through her dream again, pitifully, wailingly, as it had often soughed outside the dugout.
From The Way of the Wind by Zoe Anderson Norris
Something in the voice hushed the sobs, and caught attention, except from Ernestine, who continued to cry wailingly.
From Six Girls A Home Story by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
Indeed his mother often said wailingly that, if Kenneth could only find some "fine girl," and settle down, he would be the steadiest and best fellow in the world.
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
In another he would have lain a crushed and shapeless mass in their wake; but as he shut his eyes for the leap there came to him distinctly, pitifully, wailingly, the cry of the child.
From The Way of the Wind by Zoe Anderson Norris
And there goes the siren,” she groaned, clapping her hands over her ears as the moan of the siren rose wailingly into the night.
From Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck by Janet D. Wheeler
