plaintively in the PONS Dictionary

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пиленцата жално писукаха

the chickens were squeaking plaintively

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English

Too many women's groups are plaintively asking for better access to the options open to men, on men's terms.

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But we humans believe it's calling out plaintively for the rain.

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To "pule" is to cry or wail, or to peep plaintively, as would a baby chick.

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Positioned between her thighs, he gazes plaintively into her eyes.

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In them, a passel of adorable multiracial girls spoke plaintively to the camera.

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One lonely beast had managed to survive, mooing plaintively in distress beside its stricken fellow animals.

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His mouth gapes slightly, his glass eyes cast plaintively upward.

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He shows me a snapshot on his phone of one poster which outlines a black hand, reaching plaintively out of the sea.

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In the second part, the fellow wants to sleep, and in his dreamy state can not find his tune: finally, he plaintively turns back.

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To put it plaintively and unbeknown to many, governance has crashed in many states across the country for sure.

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