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Wailed is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Wailed | Wailing | Wail | Wailers | Wails | Wailer | Wailes | Wailings

Wailed meaning

simple past and past participle of wail

Using Wailed

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of wail
  • In the example corpus, wailed often appears in combinations such as: sirens wailed, and wailed, wailed about.

Context around Wailed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

sirens 5× alerts 1× quickly 1× people 1× glenda 1× anello 1× covered 1× men 1× friends 1× smith 1×

Often after:

across 1× followed 1× uncontrollably 1× throughout 1× sorrowfully 1×

Sentence patterns with Wailed

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

air alerts wailed across ukraine 1× and we wailed and sorrowed 1× anello wailed and had 1× as friends wailed sorrowfully 1× as sirens wailed in the 1× doomers quickly wailed that was 1× emergency sirens wailed followed by 1× face covered wailed throughout the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

air raid sirens 2× air alerts wailed 1× anello wailed and 1× climate doomers quickly 1× emergency sirens wailed 1× grace who was 1×

Common sentence endings:

been shot down 1× billion at least 1× chloe s death 1× clearance sign here 1× friends wailed sorrowfully 1× grown to like 1×

Words around Wailed

Just before it in the word index:

wailea 13 wail 47 waikiki 46 waikato 36 waikar 6 waikapu 2

Just after it in the word index:

wailer 7 wailers 21 wailes 5 wailin 2 wailing 88 wailings 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulkadir 36 abed 36 abhay 36 abimbola 36 abiotic 36 abkhazia 36

Corpus analysis for Wailed

  • In this selection, "wailed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sirens, alerts, quickly, across, followed and uncontrollably stand out and add context to how "wailed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include air alerts wailed across ukraine and and we wailed and sorrowed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wailed" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wailed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Smith wailed, on the ground. (5 words)

Her mum, Susan, 63, wailed: “You can’t be serious! (10 words)

On Monday, he wailed about his family’s legal plight. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

The survivors of the Dubai road accident that killed 17 people, including 12 Indians, said the co-passengers screamed and wailed as they tried to help each other in the blood-splattered bus that rammed into a low-clearance sign here. (41 words)

Grace, who was clad in black with her face covered, wailed throughout the proceedings, her crying becoming more pronounced as the body was taken to the Blue Roof, Mugabe’s private residence, where hundreds waited to pay their respects. (39 words)

They wailed and clutched white roses, praying for their dead — families of two cousins who were among 39 Vietnamese found in a truck in Britain held emotional homecomings for the young men Wednesday. (33 words)

Exclamation examples

Her mum, Susan, 63, wailed: “You can’t be serious! (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

Her mum, Susan, 63, wailed: “You can’t be serious!

On Monday, he wailed about his family’s legal plight.

When the going was good between them and we wailed and sorrowed, he pleasurably enjoyed the grisly groove.

Air alerts wailed across Ukraine after Russian air strikes killed at least six people in the south.

Air raid sirens wailed for more than three hours in Kyiv overnight into Sunday, and city authorities later reported that “around 10” drones had been shot down.

Climate doomers quickly wailed that was not nearly enough and demanded more – much more – to take the sum to $400 billion at least.

Emergency sirens wailed, followed by the thunder of gas explosions.

He knows how this sounds, knows people wailed about the Gillette Cup and the John Player League and T20, too, a format he’s grown to like.

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Some protesters out after 9 p.m. were to First Unitarian Church, which has offered its space as a safe haven from police after curfew, as sirens wailed in the background.

Their spawn (later named Glen/Glenda) wailed uncontrollably before pouncing on Preston.

Air raid sirens wailed during the day and into the evening.

Anello wailed and had to be comforted as he filmed an interview for CBS This Morning about his granddaughter Chloe's death.

Grace, who was clad in black with her face covered, wailed throughout the proceedings, her crying becoming more pronounced as the body was taken to the Blue Roof, Mugabe’s private residence, where hundreds waited to pay their respects.

Men wailed as the final prayers were recited at the mosque’s small garden.

Pain was palpable at Raven’s homegoing as friends wailed sorrowfully.

Rockets struck the south of Israel and warning sirens wailed in Tel Aviv, although there were no immediate reports of hits on the seaside city.

Smith wailed, on the ground.

The survivors of the Dubai road accident that killed 17 people, including 12 Indians, said the co-passengers screamed and wailed as they tried to help each other in the blood-splattered bus that rammed into a low-clearance sign here.

They wailed and clutched white roses, praying for their dead — families of two cousins who were among 39 Vietnamese found in a truck in Britain held emotional homecomings for the young men Wednesday.

Time and again, a flailing Corbyn wailed that Neil wouldn’t let him answer.

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Common combinations with wailed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wailed" in a sentence?
An example: "Her mum, Susan, 63, wailed: “You can’t be serious!" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wailed" from authentic English texts.
What does "wailed" mean?
Wailed means: simple past and past participle of wail
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