Example Sentences

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There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth in a third season of the quirky quiz show “The Misery Index.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2021

If any one has resisted them, there will be wailing widows crying out for vengeance.

From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot

"And to-morrow there will be wailing and groaning and rubbing of muscles," said Helen.

From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Jones, Adele W.