adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a plaintive melody (= sad )
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The song's plaintive melody expresses perfectly the feeling of loneliness that she feels after her lover has gone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cry
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Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it.
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There he left them, knowing that they were safe, despite their plaintive cries .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it.
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Ranulf came in with a series of plaintive questions but Corbett dismissed him with a look.
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Seam combine melancholy, rage and pure plaintive yearning to devastating effect.
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The melody is plaintive , not energetic like the hymns in church.
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There he left them, knowing that they were safe, despite their plaintive cries.