wail
/weɪl/ verbe C1En français : gémir, se lamenter, vagir
- To cry out, as in sorrow or anguish.
- To weep, lament persistently or bitterly.
- To make a noise like mourning or crying. · The wind wailed and the rain streamed down.
- To lament; to bewail; to grieve over. · to wail one's death
- To perform with great liveliness and force.
He/she/it wails · Prétérit wailed · Participe passé wailed · Forme en -ing wailing
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Dans la bibliothèque
“Oh, but there’s such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,” wailed Anne.
There’s a white lady walks along the brook just about this time of the night and wrings her hands and utters wailing cries.
She marched the shrinking ghost-seer down to the spring and ordered her to proceed straightway over the bridge and into the dusky retreats of wailing ladies and headless specters beyond.
The long-drawn wail of two old boughs rubbing against each other brought out the perspiration in beads on her forehead.
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