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verb ADV. almost | helplessly VERB + WAIL begin to | hear sb PREP. for wailing for her dead husband | with She wailed with despair. PHRASES weeping and wailing A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and wailing., noun ADJ. loud | high, high-pitched | banshee | distant We could just hear the distant wail of a siren. VERB + WAIL give, let out | hear PREP. with a ~ With a wail he threw himself on the bed and buried his face in the pillow. | ~ of She gave a wail of anguish.SOUND
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