Kelly Rowland

I actually started singing in church when I was about five years old. I remember looking at the choirs and just hearing all of those great big beautiful voices. And there was this one woman who could just wail. And I remember trying to sing like her when I was like going home.

American Musician

Buddy Rich

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.

Kevin Frazier

I was in the tent when Bobbi Kristina's body was lowered into the ground. Watching her grandmother and her aunt, watching these women not cry but wail - you can't divorce your feelings from some of this stuff.

American Journalist

Henry Rollins

I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.

Cass Sunstein

Having a constant productive anxiety doesn't mean that people are miserable and wailing but that people know they will be held accountable if things do not go right.

American Lawyer

Jessica St. Clair

My parents sold my childhood home, and I literally was 35 years old, but I cried for, like, two and a half weeks. Like, openly wailed.

American Actress

Meghan O'Rourke

Many Americans don't mourn in public anymore - we don't wear black, we don't beat our chests and wail.

American Poet

Dimebag Darrell

As far as I'm concerned, it's no good being able to wail out smokin' leads if your rhythm chops hugg!

Tim O'Brien

Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.

American Author

Minna Antrim

The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.

American Writer

Use 'wail' for expressing strong emotions, usually in negative situations.

Intense Emotion

'Wail' implies a loud and uncontrollable crying, more intense than a whimper.

Loudness

Wailing often happens in public or shared grief as a collective expression of sorrow.

Public Display

'Wail' as a verb isn't limited to sadness, but can express other high-pitched sounds.

Not Just Sadness

Wailing is often associated with sirens or alarms signaling urgency or danger.

Emergencies

A wail is a sustained, high-pitched sound; it's not short or choppy.

Continuous Sound

As a noun, a 'wail' is the sound itself, made by something living or mechanical.

Expressive Noun

A wail can be a cathartic release of pent-up emotions, not just sadness.

Emotional Release

A wail may be spontaneous and uncontrollable, reflecting a visceral reaction.

Visceral Reaction

 I saw my sister's faces wail a pain and suffering and surprise threatening to erupt from her mouth and threatening to wake my parents from the long winters nap for which they had settled so I did the only thing my little frantic seven-year-old brain could think to do to avert this tragedy if you have children you've seen this hundreds of times before I said Amy Amy wait don't

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 this wail of pain and suffering and surprise threatening to erupt from her mouth and wake my parents from the long winter's nap for which they had settled. So I did the only thing my frantic seven year-old brain could think to do to avert this tragedy. And if you have children, you've seen this hundreds of times. I said, "Amy, wait. Don't cry. Did you see how you landed?

 I tripped over my own two feet. I blacked out and woke up with a big cut on my foot from broken pieces of glass, eyes swollen from crying and a voice so hoarse that I'd most likely been wailing. I don't have much recollection of what actually happened, but I remember feeling frustrated, sad and afraid.

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 heart-wrenching sound of a bull beast in distress right next to the road in the heart of North clan territory on closer inspection we saw a North clan head pop up over the long grass the mournful wails of the world beast continued and attracted a few more clan members

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 As he crawled under the door, he saw the owner’s young son sleeping peacefully and gave him a mighty sting. Isis and her hostess were soon awakened by loud wailing. As they peered out of the doorway of the cottage, they saw a mother running through the street,

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 one of the most heart-wrenching scenes you'd ever imagine what we witness was an extremely strong male calf probably about seven or eight months old struggling for its life with this massive croc attached to its back side so he's wailing calling you know like

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 over the core cast Kira is trying to approach me but see she's respect and she's giving him the space jagged of solitary hunters and defeat solitary Maya's wailing Kira is waiting for savage to finish his turn on it usually

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 these is films we've seen two or three passed by and the people following they seem to be joyously chanting rather than sadly wailing why is that facilitating the soul journey further and in a way

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 I'd seen a lot of death, in particular epidemic death, and epidemic death has a different feel to it. It's full of panic and fear, and I'd heard the women wailing and crying in the desert.

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 we had a wailing wall in our living room yeah I know okay listen to this people listen to this my father was an abusive drunk my sister had cerebral palsy she couldn't walk or talk mom's

Wail

To cry loudly due to sadness or pain.

Often appears as...

To make a high, long sound.

Often appears as...

A long, loud cry of pain, sorrow, or anger.

Often appears as...

Intense Emotion

Loudness

Public Display

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