verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
weep and wail (= cry and make loud sad noises – often used humorously )
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The baby wept and wailed all the way through the ceremony.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
siren
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With sirens wailing and blue lights flashing the red fire engine sped through the city.
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In the distance a siren wailed .
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Just for a moment she ignored the by now loud warning sirens wailing at the back of her mind.
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A strict blackout was imposed in Pyongyang, and the populace was crowded into underground shelters as air raid sirens wailed .
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He was never wrong and, sure enough, when the siren started to wail we learned to dive in with him.
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Behind them, in the city, Edouard heard the sirens begin to wail .
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Kathleen went with them, Jack followed on his bike, and they raced back with sirens wailing .
■ VERB
begin
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Somewhere to the rear a child began to wail .
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I begin to wail and Connie looks worried and returns with little funny steps to his corner.
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The widow began to wail , and Jane led her away.
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The child immediately began to wail .
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Behind them, in the city, Edouard heard the sirens begin to wail .
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He opened his mouth and began to wail .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"The world is coming to an end!" the woman wailed.
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People were wailing on the streets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Better to leave your audience wailing in the dark, shaking their fists, some crying How?, others why?
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Gods, how those clods had wailed when they had seen his proud lion-masked visage!
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He wailed and gagged as people walked by.
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He started wailing and crying and pulling at the corpses and had to be dragged away.
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I begin to wail and Connie looks worried and returns with little funny steps to his corner.
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I called Narendra and wailed into the phone.
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Moza wailed, her voice hoarse with dread.
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Somewhere to the rear a child began to wail .