plaintive in the PONS Dictionary

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plaintive Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

plaintive [or mournful] voice
плачевен глас

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When the air blew through the reeds, it produced a plaintive melody.
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The call is a plaintive "tee peep" and may give a hard "trip" when alarmed.
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Its plaintive and melancholic sound touches an emotional chord.
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The call is a plaintive "caow, caow, caow".
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The work starts off in a plaintive mood, with the clarinet playing the principal melody.
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It was no longer the loud, defiant howl, but a long, plaintive wail.
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As a lead player he has favoured long, melodic tones, bending the notes into plaintive, almost vocal lines.
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Standing against a weathered fencepost, he's shown looking up with a plaintive look in his eye.
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A typical call is a very loud, plaintive bark.
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Their music is plaintive and sometimes pretty, produced by a large lyre-shaped instrument.
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