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Wailing meaning

A loud drawn out scream or howl.

Synonyms of Wailing

Using Wailing

  • The main meaning on this page is: A loud drawn out scream or howl.
  • Useful related words include: lamenting, wailful, sorrowful, bawling.
  • In the example corpus, wailing often appears in combinations such as: wailing and, and wailing, the wailing.

Context around Wailing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 13 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Wailing

  • In this selection, "wailing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sirens, pain, start, wall and away stand out and add context to how "wailing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include ambulance sirens wailing and ambulance was wailing in pain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wailing" sits close to words such as accordion, admires and aftermarket, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wailing

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

Fortunately, with much pain, wailing and gnashing of teeth, we recovered around 90% of the traffic. (16 words)

Passersby were seen running into the Mercy premises of the church wailing as smoke filled the air. (17 words)

Hook wields a kendo stick and he takes out the GoA, wailing away with the kendo stick. (17 words)

He first met Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein on the Esplanade of the Mosques, a place sacred to Islam, then embraced the Argentinean Imam Aboud and the Buenos Aires rabbi Skorka at the Wailing Wall, where he stopped for a moment of prayer. (43 words)

While the musical score of “Dark Souls” or “Elden Ring” is a choir of warriors cheering you on to victory, “Bloodborne’s” musical score is a sea of tortured souls wailing out into the void until the eventual end of the world. (42 words)

That’s a controversial estimate, but anything in that range would solidly place North Korea among the second-tier nuclear powers, disrupt Asia’s traditional balance of power, and set off wailing and gnashing of teeth in Washington. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Also, most members of the audience have paid good money to hear the professional cast sing the songs, not hear you wailing along and making up the lyrics.

Conan was rescued when he was a few weeks old by a housekeeper who found him wailing in the building’s car park.

Debra Wright was just sitting down to eat Wednesday evening when she heard police and ambulance sirens wailing.

England had lost their last six wickets for 46 runs and the manner of some of the dismissals had led to the now familiar chorus of wailing and gnashing of teeth from the keepers of the flame.

Fortunately, with much pain, wailing and gnashing of teeth, we recovered around 90% of the traffic.

He first met Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein on the Esplanade of the Mosques, a place sacred to Islam, then embraced the Argentinean Imam Aboud and the Buenos Aires rabbi Skorka at the Wailing Wall, where he stopped for a moment of prayer.

I was heaving and shaking as if I were wailing, but no tears were flowing, thus reinforcing my wife’s belief that I was trying to be funny.

I write this to advise fellow Virginia basketball fans to lay off the wailing and gnashing of teeth about how the team is playing, and what it means for next month.

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Members pair off into two-person teams, pick up their chosen weapons, and start wailing on one another.

Ms Roberts said she saw Ms Starkey slumped unconscious behind her and Ms Barrell was "groaning and wailing".

Passersby were seen running into the Mercy premises of the church wailing as smoke filled the air.

That’s a controversial estimate, but anything in that range would solidly place North Korea among the second-tier nuclear powers, disrupt Asia’s traditional balance of power, and set off wailing and gnashing of teeth in Washington.

Theory throws him over the desk and grabs the title belt to scream in his face about how he won’t be disrespected before wailing on him with punches to send us to break.

While the musical score of “Dark Souls” or “Elden Ring” is a choir of warriors cheering you on to victory, “Bloodborne’s” musical score is a sea of tortured souls wailing out into the void until the eventual end of the world.

A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him (Lk 23:27).

AP footage shows two children with face injuries rushed inside Al-Aqsa hospital, while a man lying on a stretcher inside an ambulance was wailing in pain as two other men were lying face down.

As the kidnappers were snatching up the students, parents watched helplessly, with mothers wailing and pleading with the attackers to spare their children, residents said.

Hook wields a kendo stick and he takes out the GoA, wailing away with the kendo stick.

Indeed, we were born to be on our backs, our legs in the air, our hands in balls, wailing our lungs out as our caregiver runs helter-skelter trying to pacify us.

Inside his studio in Manhattan, the city’s sirens are wailing and a man can be heard from below asking if we’ve seen God.

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Common combinations with wailing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wailing" in a sentence?
An example: "Also, most members of the audience have paid good money to hear the professional cast sing the songs, not hear you wailing along and making up the lyrics." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wailing" from authentic English texts.
What does "wailing" mean?
Wailing means: A loud drawn out scream or howl.
What are synonyms of "wailing"?
Common synonyms of "wailing" include: lamenting, wailful, sorrowful, bawling, crying, weeping, tears.
How many example sentences with "wailing" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "wailing", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.