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She swayed to and fro in her rocking-chair, humming drearily some melancholy air, until, by-and-by, baby, worn out, wailingly dropped off asleep again in her arms.

From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes

Soon it disappeared; the mist concealed it; the stream rushed on; the water broke wailingly over the steps and palings, and the night-wind kept howling out its monotonous complaint.

From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav

It was winter again; and the winds blew harshly and wailingly around the Castle of Arundel.

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

The wind soughed through her dream again, pitifully, wailingly, as it had often soughed outside the dugout.

From The Way of the Wind by Norris, Zoe Anderson

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 Norris, Zoe Anderson