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

Wails meaning

plural of wail

Using Wails

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of wail
  • In the example corpus, wails often appears in combinations such as: wails on, wails from, wails of.

Context around Wails

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

ominous 1× outraged 1× kettle 1× david 1× shirai 1× baby 1× splitting 1× kramer 1× kesha 1×

Often after:

joseph 1× fill 1× haunted 1×

Sentence patterns with Wails

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

and david wails 1× and kesha wails on janis 1× as her wails fill the 1× as shirai wails on her 1× between the wails and the 1× capturing his wails and tearful 1× enemies with wails from the 1× head splitting wails 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

but beyond the 1× but punk is 1× duke and shafir 1× from whispers to 1× he s now 1× i know from 1×

Common sentence endings:

across the stage 1× also deeply depressing 1× and david wails 1× fill the room 1× from the orchestra 1× head splitting wails 1×

Words around Wails

Just before it in the word index:

wailoa 3 wailings 4 wailing 88 wailin 2 wailes 5 wailers 21

Just after it in the word index:

wailuku 41 waimanalo 8 waimanu 2 waimate 4 waimea 23 wain 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Wails

  • In this selection, "wails" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ominous, outraged, kettle, joseph, fill and haunted stand out and add context to how "wails" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and david wails and and kesha wails on janis. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wails" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wails

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

From whispers to wails, it speaks to me. (8 words)

By the time the kettle wails, Joseph is crying. (9 words)

My head is once more filled with piercing, head-splitting wails. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Maximizing on the tragedy, a media agency chose to record the moment in which the news was broken to the boy, blurring his face but capturing his wails and tearful responses in an interview which was telecast nationwide. (38 words)

St. Vincent has her way with the Spector/Greenwich/Berry chestnut “And Then She Kissed Me”, Kele Okereke goes for the Motown number “My Guy” and Kesha wails on Janis Joplin’s “I Need a Woman to Love”. (38 words)

But beyond the tears and fears and between the wails and the solicitude of the mourners, there exist moments that remind us that endings have a undimmed side to it too. (31 words)

Exclamation examples

It wails when it sees people looking at it as a fiend instead of a friend! (16 words)

Example sentences (18)

Part 2, “A Prayer for God to Act,” opened with Moore channeling Solomon Northrup (he of ) with spiky melodies over ominous wails from the orchestra.

Phantom rogue can target enemies with Wails from the Grave for easy damage against a secondary target that requires no attack roll or saving throw.

Ochiai, the off-duty flight attendant who survived, said that she could still hear the screams and wails of fellow survivors that gradually died throughout the night.

The demise of the campaign against Mayorkas will, briefly, be attended by the outraged wails of a few Republican senators and the parade of far-right self-promoters.

By the time the kettle wails, Joseph is crying.

He’s now known for his guitar playing, which wails with jailbird cries.

It wails when it sees people looking at it as a fiend instead of a friend!

Maximizing on the tragedy, a media agency chose to record the moment in which the news was broken to the boy, blurring his face but capturing his wails and tearful responses in an interview which was telecast nationwide.

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Tributes have been paid to Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, originally from Philadelphia in the US, history teacher James Furlong, 36, and David Wails.

But beyond the tears and fears and between the wails and the solicitude of the mourners, there exist moments that remind us that endings have a undimmed side to it too.

Duke and Shafir beat it, then are forced to pull Baszler out of the ring as Shirai wails on her.

I know from experience that stepping out of the door to go to work and closing it while your baby wails for you is also deeply depressing.

My head is once more filled with piercing, head-splitting wails.

But punk is the last thing on my mind when Wayne Kramer wails on his American flag Stratocaster, sideways moonwalking a toe drag across the stage.

From whispers to wails, it speaks to me.

She chucked the heel across the room as her wails fill the room.

St. Vincent has her way with the Spector/Greenwich/Berry chestnut “And Then She Kissed Me”, Kele Okereke goes for the Motown number “My Guy” and Kesha wails on Janis Joplin’s “I Need a Woman to Love”.

Nasser recalled that her wails "haunted" him and firmly dissuaded him from undertaking similar actions in the future.

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Common combinations with wails

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wails" in a sentence?
An example: "Part 2, “A Prayer for God to Act,” opened with Moore channeling Solomon Northrup (he of ) with spiky melodies over ominous wails from the orchestra." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wails" from authentic English texts.
What does "wails" mean?
Wails means: plural of wail
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