Collocations for "wail"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wail" in context.
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wail
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- a [despairing, drawn-out, long, prolonged, piercing, mighty] wail
- a [baby's, dog's, child's] wail
- a wail of [despair, anguish, pain, hunger]
- let out a [piercing] wail
- [woken, startled, worried] by the (despairing) wail
- let out a long wail
- could hear the wails [outside, from outside, from the street]
- wails from the guitar
- the [dog, baby, child] wailed
- heard the [dog] wailing
- made the [dog] wail
- [ran, walked, stormed] off wailing
- was wailing all [day, morning, evening]
- wailed the whole [afternoon, way, journey]
- wailed in [grief, pain, anger, distress]