The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh. From LearnThat.org. [Minna Thomas Antrim.]
wail in self-pity. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Their every impulse, from their very first wail, is to dominate, and by dominating, compel us to become their servants in turn. From Wordnik.com. [Rebel Angel | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Chalmers "wales" a psalm, in every sense of the word wail, to the most doleful of dismal tunes; they read a chapter round, and he prays. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference
Across the hush that fell upon the room quavered a doleful wail from the Irish foreman: "Leave av hivin. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Primitive] Reference
Elly's full-throttle wail is immediate. From Wordnik.com. [fourfour:] Reference
Often have I heard the wail from the Left. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Michael Steele’s Bad Math] Reference
Friends who live near the zoo say they can hear the animals "wail" sometimes. From Wordnik.com. [The Annotated "Cosmic Charley"] Reference
'It was a pathetic sound, a kind of wail an old woman makes when she knows she is dying. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blade]
The mother at once rushed away, and commenced that doleful wail which is so affecting, as it indicates sorrow without hope. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference
Energy to wail is energy to heal. From Wordnik.com. [Manana at the lighthouse] Reference
George's tone was deeply earnest, and there was actually a kind of wail in his petition. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow] Reference
At these horrible threats both of them uttered a kind of wail, after which, Marama asked. From Wordnik.com. [When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot] Reference
"If there is another aftershock, there is a kind of wail as people are very frightened by it," Williams said. From Wordnik.com. [WIBW - HomePage - Headlines] Reference
It was heartrending, they said, because Deanna could hear her sister "wail" as she was taken out of the courtroom. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference
And the poem went like this; having no metre and no rhyming, and being sung to three notes and a quarter in a kind of wail. From Wordnik.com. [On Nothing and Kindred Subjects] Reference
If you listen to the noise of the cataract, you may hear mingled with it a peculiar kind of wail as from a man in great agony. From Wordnik.com. [Aylwin] Reference
Bayside activist Mandingo Tshaka has gotten used to increasing the volume past squeak to "wail," with occasional triumphs along the way. From Wordnik.com. [Queens Tribune] Reference
"Richard, Richard," said Rachel in a kind of wail, "you have heard. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Kings] Reference
A strange wail would come from somewhere deep inside him. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 14] Reference
We began to wail as we wondered if this was how we would die. From Wordnik.com. [TERRORIST TARGET OR NOT, THE DANGER IS REAL] Reference
The electronic sirens use a digital recording of the old wail. From Wordnik.com. [Sirens Ready to Sound Alarm] Reference
'Did we just lose TO NORTHWESTERN?' they'll wail, usually drunkenly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Matlack: James Franco, Others Discuss Favorite 'Guy Rituals'] Reference
Some neighbors heard its car piercing wail on the day she was abducted. From Wordnik.com. [Stalking The Children] Reference
The man who heard the "plaintive wail" of Nicole Simpson's dog comes to mind. From Wordnik.com. [Georgianne Nienaber: Where's the Oil? Here, There, and Everywhere] Reference
From wrenching wail to soft chant: A folk-driven contrast to the futuristic sounds of. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Iceland's Other Songstress] Reference
With a wail, her mother is brought to full attention and she is swept up in her mama's arms. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Verbal First Aid: Words As Medicine] Reference
They noted places where we should let it wail, to curves and banks that would allow 90 mph or more. From Wordnik.com. [Life In The Fastest Lane] Reference
We no longer experience the momentary awareness of mortality that comes with the wail of an ambulance. From Wordnik.com. [OPEN THE WINDOWS AND LET SUMMER IN] Reference
Emergency sirens began to wail through the facility -- klaxons not unlike the sirens from "Star Trek.". From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
In fact, Web sites that track, mourn and otherwise wail over the corpses of the dot-com era are thriving. From Wordnik.com. [Flight Of The Dot-Coms] Reference
If English soccer serves as a mirror of the national soul, wail the columnists, the reflection is depressing. From Wordnik.com. [Swede Rules Britannia] Reference
Mirror neurons help explain why one crying toddler can set off others nearby, starting one loud, communal wail. From Wordnik.com. [A Family Affair] Reference
It is a hysterical wail fully justified by what he saw, heard and experienced in Moscow and Odessa from 1918 to 1920. From Wordnik.com. [Inside The Red Terror] Reference
In his 80s, William S. Paley, the immensely wealthy and powerful head of CBS, would wail to friends, "Why do I have to die?". From Wordnik.com. [The Pursuit of Unhappiness] Reference
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