wail in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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wail in the PONS Dictionary

wail Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to wail over sth
se lamenter sur qc
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When she finds him dead, she lets out a deep wail and cry.
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Soon he was wailing and weeping with grief.
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Males will make a short high-pitched squeal when hurt and foals will emit a drawn out wail when in distress.
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This is considered to be a condition of great torment, where there will be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
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The three of us just wailed on the blues for about an hour and a half before he called the other cats back.
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It wails childishly before flying into the side, accompanied with a splat sound effect.
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It sounds like an onslaught of confusing chords, punctuated by random rings, wails, or pauses.
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When the plain pine coffin appeared, the scene became one of emotional mayhem, with women wailing and men pressing forward to touch it.
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The entire population accompanied the bearers to the grave and wailed loudly.
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The boy wailed and wept; but he could not escape from his father.
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