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wailing
Part of speech: NounLoud cries of sorrow: deep lamentation.
Usage examples "wailing":- He uttered one wailing groan, which seemed to spend his life, gathered him to his bosom, and taking him up like a child, almost ran to the house with him. - "Home Again", George MacDonald.
- If I do so, will that stop your wailing?" - "The Book of Gud", Dan Spain Harold Hersey.
- At this instant the baby opened its mouth, uttered a wild wail, and continued wailing. - "The Squirrel Inn", Frank R. Stockton.