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Cried like a banshee
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wailed
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wail \Wail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wailed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wailing .] [OE. wailen, weilen, probably fr. Icel. v[ae]la; cf. Icel. v[ae], vei, woe, and E. wayment, also OE. wai, wei, woe. Cf. Woe .] To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's ...
Usage examples of wailed.
His wife wailed and moaned that surely they would not be in time, that they would all fall in the water and drown, and then what would become of them?
Suddenly, the cabin lights came up again, and a siren wailed under the floors.
Amariyah wailed, though she surrendered to the motion of Sister Kathleen's body.
She straightened her shoulders and slowly walked across to join the five girls who wailed near the golden egg.
Kessell wailed and lurched forward, but halted before the drawn scimitar.
Regis wailed again, trying to bring the fiery young woman to her senses.
Bidderdoo wailed, and a howl escaped his lips at the end of the sentence.
Priscilla wailed, but Temigast patted her shoulder to calm her, chuckling all the while.
Priscilla wailed, stopping her knitting to sweep one hand across her brow dramatically.
Biaste Ganderlay wailed when Meralda told her the wedding had been moved up to the autumn equinox.
The Spirit of Mara wailed about them, but they were brave men and not afraid of spirits - and besides, they told each other, the sound was not truly a spirit, but merely the moaning of the wind in the trees.
Salmissra wailed, but the green fire had already died in the statue's eyes, and the jewel on her crown flickered and went dark.
Taur Urgas wailed, belching blood and curses and digging his fingers into the earth.
The infant wailed in protest at the loss of the nipple and the tightness of her grip.
Children wailed fearfully as they were gripped by hands and claws as hard as stone.