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- noun Plural form of
wailing .
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Examples
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All of the sudden, there were animal shrieks and wailings from the street below.
Global Voices in English » Syria: A Week Against Everything and Anything 2009
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When the watch was called our wailings were loud and clamorous.
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
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The loudest in their wailings were the nuns, who were torn from the altar with naked bosoms, outstretched hands, and dishevelled hair; and we should piously believe that few could be tempted to prefer the vigils of the harem to those of the monastery.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The loudest in their wailings were the nuns, who were torn from the altar with naked bosoms, outstretched hands, and dishevelled hair; and we should piously believe that few could be tempted to prefer the vigils of the harem to those of the monastery.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 6 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The loudest in their wailings were the nuns, who were torn from the altar with naked bosoms, outstretched hands, and dishevelled hair; and we should piously believe that few could be tempted to prefer the vigils of the harem to those of the monastery.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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However, you won't have any 'wailings' from me; I am too much hardened to neglect.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 of Samosata Lucian 1895
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The band have reportedly signed a six-figure deal with the company, on the understanding that they don't produce any more albums and thus protect normal human beings from their awful wailings.
Archive 2009-02-01 Dungeekin 2009
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He explained, nobody will be exposed to Celine Dion's wailings as a part of the recycling process.
Archive 2009-02-01 Dungeekin 2009
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He explained, nobody will be exposed to Celine Dion's wailings as a part of the recycling process.
Toxic Ship Set for Brit Recycling Dungeekin 2009
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His first warning was when shrill voices of women, cries of children, and wailings of babes in nameless fear came to him from the main path that led from the village to the upland boundaries of Somo.
CHAPTER XIX 2010
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