Wails Sentence Examples

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  • One night I saw a crowd on a street and heard piteous wails.

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  • The great temple of Karnak was largely built by him; most of the remaining chambers are his, including the beautiful botanical waIls showing foreign plants.

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  • Their mournful wails float through the branches in the vein Edgar Allen Poe.

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  • Even now the lamenters who are expert in song make ululating wails over me !

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