I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ loud
▪ high-pitched
▪ anguished , mournful , plaintive
▪ banshee
▪ distant
▪
We could just hear the distant ~ of a siren.
VERB + WAIL
▪ give , let out
▪ hear
PREPOSITION
▪ with a ~
▪
With a ~ he threw himself on the bed and buried his face in the pillow.
▪ ~ of
▪
She gave a ~ of anguish.
II.
verb
VERB + WAIL
▪ begin to , start to
▪ hear sb/sth
▪
I heard a police siren ~ in the distance.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
They were ~ing for their lost children.
▪ with
▪
She ~ed with despair.
PHRASES
▪ weeping and ~ing
▪
A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and ~ing.
Wail is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby , ↑ siren