| 单词 | wail |
| 例句 | Her song grew louder, shriller . . . then she gasped, again and again, and her song became a shuddering wail, thin and high and full of agony. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And one day, you come upon them sitting motionless against a wall or lying in the Meadow, you hear the wails from a house, and the Peacekeepers are called in to retrieve the body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A thin wail rose from her throat, sharp as the blade of a knife. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Forgive us, folks,” he said in his funeral director’s voice, speaking above the wail. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He was the most powerful lion that the woman had ever seen, and she wailed in fright at the sight of his great shoulders and the shock of golden mane that framed his face. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As they went out the door, Poppy began to wail. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It began to walk forward, and they were about to enter an unfamiliar place at the edge of the forest when the monstruo wailed and dropped Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Leaning against the wail in the hallway, I stay quiet. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z "Crow's going to jail," Otis Amber wailed, "and all you do is pat yourself on the back for not being a stoolie." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Shouts and wails erupted in the small room. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I scream over the wails and moans of others. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her last words ripped out of her in a wail, plaintive and piercing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When the all-clear signal began to wail, we went back upstairs to our apartment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With a piercing wail of agony the rat fell from the top of the platform. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The insane smile lit his features once more, and his head drooped onto his shoulder as Winky wailed and sobbed at his side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "We shall see," said Primus, and his voice was the wail of a distant night bird. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She wailed in agony and dropped her club, retreating with multicolored blisters all over her arms and face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She cried a great wail of anguish, and shook and shook the cage, trying to loosen the hair with the little strength she had left. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “My daughter said it would be the easiest way in the world. Just sit in the train until I got to Parrus. And now we may be here for days and days,” she wailed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the wail rose, remote and unearthly, and turned to an inarticulate gibbering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then he let out a wail and ran from the house, screeching. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh Jesus Christ Almighty, he wailed silently, terrified of the old-fashioned remedy she was sure to turn up with, and he was certain to drink, in about ten minutes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In Polynesia, they wail, but the wailing is close to a song. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I lie still, listening to the constant, distant wail of sirens coming from somewhere outside, my eyes fixed on an old water stain on the ceiling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She listened to the shouts and wails of the terrified people in the square below. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Clayton felt only the numbness in his wrists and the wail in his gut. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Every inch of my battered body wailed with pain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With the sea literally at their backs, on a cliffy tongue of land, they had built their tingle wail across the root of the tongue. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hear terrifying wails that seemed to be coming from the walls of the place. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Lest you forget you are an abomination, here's an old woman who'll wail at the sight of you. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You put glue in the telephone lock!” she wailed. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a moment’s silence, followed by an urgent wail of “Dad...” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the terrible cry ended, falling back through a long sickening wail to silence, Frodo slowly raised his head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Maria spilled her Dr. Pepper on my sleeping bag,” Pauline wailed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not tell if the thought was terrible or tempting or both, and she and Pearl both wailed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her next wail rings out, clear as a bell, and there’s no mistaking the source. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Seal was very worried!'' he cried. Sarah put her arms around him, and he wailed into her dress. "And the house is too small, we thought! Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Others around the tree soon began to wail and cry, holding their arms to heaven. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The wail and lamb bleat of babies too small to know, but infected by the terror of the others. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At one point, she wailed, “Oh! That my little Taddy might see his father before he died!” then fainted, falling to the floor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon’s owl cry the night before had frightened every small creature that heard it, but it was nothing to the passionate wail that Lyra uttered now. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “By the scallop of Saint James!” he wailed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A long-drawn wail came down the wind, like the cry of some evil and lonely creature. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Rowan wailed—never had he felt so helpless. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Owooo!” wailed Arm, crooking his legs and advancing on the villagers like a giant spider. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a shrill wail from the other side of the room, one I had never heard before, almost like a car alarm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There were only a few blocks left to go when they heard the low wail of sirens. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And Finn had let loose with a loud wail: “I just want my mommy!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z At this point a spectator in the courtroom’s balcony let out a wail and began sobbing loudly. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He lay still, feeling rid of that hunger and tenseness and hearing the wail of the night wind over and above his and her breathing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The girl looked at the boy and wailed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z With a loud wail, Gertrude fell to the floor before me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Accordion, harmonica, wine, shout, dance, wail, round-about, clash of pan, laughter. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s at the deer camp tonight. Minny, I need you to bring me the phone over—” her voice breaks into a trembly wail. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She could hear the distant sound of swordplay, and the shivery wail of a man screaming in pain across die bailey. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He got locked in once for a few hours, the panel becoming stuck somehow, and we heard his wails all the way from the kitchen in the big house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There was brief silence, then a gasp, then a wail. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z At the cemetery, El Cura said a few words, and then the coffin was lowered, as Juanita’s mother and aunts wailed about what a good man he was and how he didn’t deserve to die. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “But I have to go to school,” I wailed as if she’d just given me awful news. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Now that Filch had stopped shouting, they could hear Myrtle’s wails echoing off the bathroom walls. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He tore himself free of the clawing fingers, half-fell, half-threw himself out of the alley, and by the time the last shivering wail had died away was tugging at his own gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Officers rose and there was a general clamor; a woman wailed; from the wings, through luffing coulisses, men ran panting, wiping paint from their faces upon their oznabrig sleeves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then Pa said, “No, Marva honey. You can’t do that,” and my sisters wailed, “Papa! Papa!” and “Yes, she can,” and “Surely can, Papa. Surely can.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z No, Dany wanted to say, no, not that, you mustn’t, but when she opened her mouth, a long wail of pain escaped, and the sweat broke over her skin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Go away," Yoyo wailed, but they both knew she was glad her mother was there, and needed only a moment's protest to save face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The instant their parents saw scythes stepping out of the helicopter, they gathered their children and hurried away, ignoring their children’s wails of protest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I slammed the door to the room, which caused the baby to wail. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z But what she said, in a wail hard to understand over the train racket and me still part deaf, was “I left my bucket in the blackberry bushes, Will! Hit were might near full!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sunny continued to wail, and Klaus found that his eyes were wet with tears as well. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “What will we do? What will we do?” wailed Cook. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A wail escaped from his mouth, inhuman and piercingly loud, rising in pitch and volume. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Walter Griff, come back here!” she wailed, flinging up her arms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaroq wailed again, stretching his neck until his head was high above the others. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Vonetta would wail, “Why does she”—meaning me—“get to sit up front all the time?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Which is sort of what I thought Joseph would be like right now, out in the middle of it—except he would never in a million years wail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z Suddenly, with a burst of strength and a wail that surely reaches down to the basement, Ma gives a fierce tug and then a hefty shove. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Somewhere a police siren wails thinly, up and down, up and down, regular tempo, crisis under control, just like Gerhard. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He himself heard only the chorus of wails. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z It sounded like Peach, like the first sound Grace had ever heard her make, that crazily desperate wail that announced her arrival into the world. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He wails in fury and kicks the door handle until it breaks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He let his arms flop against the road and wailed, “I don’t have a tail!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Skylarks sang in the fields around them, but every night the air raid sirens wailed in the darkness as the Luftwaffe planes tried to bomb the nearby city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I heard the wail of trumpets and the clash of arms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she quickly adds “Just Amelia,” but it’s too late—the room swells with shrieks, toots, wails, and whistles. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The shrill wail of a girl rose above all the other noises. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The wails and screams that escaped from his tiny mouth sounded like those of a dying litter of meerkats. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I heard a wail of outrage from the ship behind us, but we were already out of weapon range. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A little after noon on that Saturday in May, the shoppers pushing their grocery carts in Heinen’s heard the fire engines wail to life and careen away, toward the duck pond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Finally, we hear the lusty wail of a newborn baby. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The whole house seems to want to squeeze me in, force a deep wail from out of my body because it’s only been one day and I am losing myself to this new place. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But even so, there was an eerie feeling when the sirens began to wail just before the end of the day, and Mrs. Baker stood up from her desk and dapped her hands at us. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I wanted to scold, but my stepmother sank down in the rushes and wailed like a babe herself. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Oh, no,” he wailed with a shudder, and he knocked the knife out of her hand with a sharp downward blow on her wrist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He heard a shriek as he passed by, a throat-scorching wail that could only mean the Glader had lost the fight, met a horrific end. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I cannot wait,” I wail, thinking of how soon my babe will arrive. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Claire and Olive wailed and clapped their little hands over their faces. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” she wailed in a whisper and walked away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I have seven best friends who all sit at my lunch table with me,” wails Savannah Bobbins. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z From behind the big top, the silhouette of a balloon rises into the sky, followed by a child’s prolonged wail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Faye wailed, “Kate, don’t be mean! We were feeling so nice. What do you want to go and spoil it for?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Scarlett made a noise that was half gasp and half wail, and Bod saw something, and he knew without asking that she could see it too. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Women wailed around bodies lying thick on the grass. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The Rosenblum girls wailed like they were trying to outdo each other in volume, so I slipped out into the hall. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Children, separated from their parents, wailed on the sidewalks, frantic and freezing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Sam no longer cried tears and he no longer wailed loudly. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Nico got pushed to the ground and struggled with his chains while the spirit of Minos wailed, “Kill the inventor! Kill him!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s the way Dray holds his head and bends over as if he is about to let out a loud wail. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The more she wailed about Pong drowning, the less likely the villagers would listen to Nok and start searching the riverbanks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The whispering became a high keening, a wail of torment. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z It creaks and wails and only I can hear it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “My baby! My precious Flash!” cried HairySpiders, and Flash’s brothers and sisters began to wail. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He remembered how she had stood in silence while Moss wailed in anger and grief, dropping to the cold concrete. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The last six words came out in a wail that grew louder until the ‘you’. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z As she spoke, the baby opened his mouth and wailed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Hearing the wails of sorrow, the younger Torres children crept back inside the house and stood big-eyed against the wall under the Virgin’s altar. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z From behind him came a wail of terror in the voice of Sister Katarina. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Men lamented in joy and wailed in exultation, while others slapped juba upon their arms and thighs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Music wafted through the dusk—the trill and wail of a klezmer’s violin rivaled by a woman fiddling a lively Irish jig. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They sound to me like ghosts, or like animals caught in a trap: thin wails of exhausted pain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Sirens wailed in the background, closing in with every whistle. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Peach curled himself into a ball on the dirt road and began the wail I’d heard the night before, at Great-great-aunt Florentine’s viewing. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The ghosts wailed and trembled and looked at the ceiling, but Annabeth knew they didn’t see what she saw. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Really, Katniss, you could have left me something to work with!” she wails. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the baby would wail, suddenly, a thin, high, piercing sound. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Seagulls wailed, a skinny shorebird ran up and down the sand, busily pecking. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They sailed through the air as the river churned and wailed below them, splashing Annabeth’s bare ankles with stinging brine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Why won’t you drown?” he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I got the wagon chair for her to sit in, and stood by her while she sobbed and wailed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Jinjoo’s mother began to beat on her chest and wail in hysterics. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Every night ten greyhounds that belonged to the Frenchman across the street wailed as if the world were coming to an end. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In the room next door, Dallas counted the wails of the train. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Chucha held each of our heads in her hands and wailed a prayer over us. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The sexophones wailed like melodious cats under the moon, moaned in the alto and tenor registers as though the little death were upon them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Pots and pans clatter and a baby starts to wail. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And they yell over the singers that wail over the drums, everybody talking at once, big arm gestures, spit flying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the smaller hunters began to wail. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The mom’s piercing wails seem to echo through the camp and into the mountains far in the distance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The child’s mother began to wail, but her husband slapped his hand across her mouth, whispering, “Hush, hush, hush.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The tent was empty, tawny and magnificent The wind wailed and the candles guttered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t do that!” wailed the owner of Bud’s boat, throttling back hard. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Natalie let out a wail and turned to the side, hiding her face. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Whatever else Mrs. Clarke intended to say was drowned out by the rising wail of a most unpleasant sound—high-pitched, unhinged, emanating from the vicinity of the piano yet entirely unmusical. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z A needle pokes my arm and my head hurts so badly I stop fighting and simply wail in a horrible, dying-animal way, until my voice gives out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Feel two bodies crash to the floor, and hear a woman’s voice wail in pain. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The winding wail made the blood of men run cold. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The children wailed, men screamed at high pitches that pierced through the forest and covered the shrieks of women. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A collective wail went up from the Masks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “The magna mater!” a ghost wailed in despair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Stifling a wail, she watched as a patrolman took Salvador by the shoulder and led him over to the group of men bound for jail. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Two or three mouths wailed in chorus, "Meow, meow." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The sound of breaking glass and china wailed through the house in quick intervals. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Mama pulled me to her and I wailed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I let out a wail, a sound that came from somewhere deep inside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My wail rises and falls, rises and falls. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z She let out a howl like the wail of a coyote, the sound more of a punch than anything the Rudes could ever manage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Ma cried, and she wailed and wailed, the sound of her cries circling the house like a spirit and settling on all the corridors and beds where we lay, weeping in silence. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At which point there was a wail from below. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Because that’s when Camel gets picked up”—there’s a keening wail from the cot—“and we get the hell out of here.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Their whispers, the cries of little children seeking lost parents and tired of walking, and the wails of hungry babies replaced the evening songs of crickets and birds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The old man wailed, “Oh, do not hurt me. I did give him the child, but do not ask more, master, for the love of God.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry lowered the egg beneath the foamy surface and opened it. . . and this time, it did not wail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Howls shuddered through the night; the howls of the man-pack, wails of fear and wild shouts, laughter and screams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A weird sound, a wail, a ghost, high and thin. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Squallers lifted their arms, and the wind wailed a high, keening cry. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The man paced and prayed and sirens wailed in the distance. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “This is my house! I’ll do what I want!” she wails, pushing me back. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z No screams, no pleading wails—or perhaps the Terranovas’ TV was turned up too loud to hear it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A wail of outrage echoed from deep in the tunnel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dad brought Littlebit’s limp body home that night and, while I wailed, turned me over his knee and gave me three good whacks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Right on the heels of the shriek was the longest, highest wail I had ever heard. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t care!” she wailed.“You could have done something, but all you did was watch!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Lupita wailed, “But Mamá said we were always to stay together.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I mean, why mention it then?” she said impatiently, slamming the old book shut; it let out a ghostly wail. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Throughout the valley, thousands of monsters wailed and roared, clashing their weapons and bellowing in triumph. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Balder, my son. Oh Balder, oh my son,” she wailed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then she was in Gaea’s cave in Alaska, where Hazel and her mother had died as the ceiling collapsed and the voice of the Earth Goddess wailed in anger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His dreams had been noise, the birdscream of thousands, a shrill wail that came on like day itself until his own voice was swept away with it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I forgot all the promises I had made—before being given the drum—to improve my character and wailed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Great spirit,” the chief of the priests wails, “ghostly Destroyer, defend the people of Scyld and kill their enemy, the terrible world-rim-walker!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to speak loudly to make him hear me above the shouts and the amplified wails of jukebox rock-and-roll music. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When they’re denied a spot, their wails penetrate my skin like tiny needles. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was probably just a folk tune being played, but after Ruthanne’s story, it sounded like a mournful wail. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Whatever was chasing us wailed in frustration as we heaved the rock back into place and sealed the corridor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Another shouted, “Companero President!” and everyone answered in a single wail, the way men grieve: “Here! Now and forever!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A queenless colony is a pitiful and melancholy community; there may be a mournful wail or lament from within. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Veteran hearts at this contained their dread while at your side the daughters of the ancient seagod wailed and wrapped ambrosial shrouding around you. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of breaking and Uhmma’s deep wail haunt the room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z At last we hear the wail of a siren. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I wailed, dodging another blow that I thought was coming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A long, solitary wail went up from somebody towards the middle of the congregation. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But when the child opened its throat into a full-fledged wail, Xan woke up with a start. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z So when I am completely split in half, I wail. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z My mother screamed just once, one long, mournful wail, and then it was quiet. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Suddenly one in a crib marked male let out a shriek, then switched to a loud wail. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He’s lost!” wailed Maria.“He gets so scared when he’s lost. Oh, please help me find him!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Felicia collapses on her mother’s lap, sending the swing lurching crazily, and wails to the heavens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A wail went up from the people gathered. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z At that moment a loud, heartbroken wail came out of the coffee shop’s sound system. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I asked All around us, sirens wailed I figured it wouldn't be long before more cops cruised by, looking for juvenile delinquent gym-bombers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Winston whined and grizzled, made futile demands for food, fretted about the room, pulling everything out of place and kicking the wainscoting until the neighbors banged on the wall, while the younger child wailed intermittently. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He wailed in pain, and Clarisse dove out of the way to avoid getting trampled. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a gasp that reached my ears even over the wind, then a wail unlike any other sound I’d ever heard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘No, no, master!’ wailed Gollum, pawing at him, and seeming in great distress. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mum wailed, coming through to the kitchen after me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Both hands, as though to hold in a wail. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a stunned silence—broken by a wail of terror from the smaller boy, who flung himself at his mother—and then a quick excited chatter from the Indians. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the goat screamed or Loki wailed like a child in pain, her smile became a little wider. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He revved his weed whacker, and the harpies wailed in the trees. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Stop!” wails Christina as Molly pulls her foot back to kick again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Not Earth—oh no, it couldn’t be,” he wailed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds came from the band, not spirited or militaristic, but an almost mournful wail. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, holding his biggest coil of guts, he scurried off into the forest, knocking down trees in his path as he wailed, "I hate boyssh!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He wailed and dashed off to the bathroom to inspect every single one of his pores. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He wailed in pain and flung her around, trying to shake her. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Above him, the crowd on the bridge cried out, and then he heard anguished wails coming from the place where the city should be. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In the mingled relief and horror, few of them noticed the faint wail that came from Judith, or saw her waver and fall. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Every time he thumped his chest or made a brief, halfhearted wail, he felt his ears get hot; and from time to time he announced to nobody in particular, “Sheesh! I feel like a kook.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have wailed along with them, but I knew Pa’s mind was set. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I wailed in despair, and she told me to stop crying because having arms was totally overrated. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I can hear the wail hiding in her voice. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Her wail echoed off the kitchen’s hard surfaces: the toaster, the oven, the refrigerator. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Later, the four boys had stopped playing War and had gone inside when Ugwu heard the thin, strangled wail from the classroom at the end of the building. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The windows are closed against the cold, but Helmuth can hear the steady wail of a police siren. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell you to wash your hair,” wailed Celia when she saw him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard the sounds of the traditional dirge grow louder, and so did the screams and wails coming from a memorial ceremony in a private room. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sirens continue to wail outside—they must be less than a couple of blocks away by now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Leo jumped in after him while the spirits began to wail above, “Valdez! Kill Valdez!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One woman began to wail about a brother who had died at Daznak’s Pit, another of the damage to her palanquin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath and there's a persistent wail all night along the North Shore." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The gnome child wailed, thrashing at the air. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I realize I'm not hearing the normal wail of a police siren. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z An Yi threw her arms around her mother and they both wailed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why would you be a breeder of sinners?” he wailed, rolling his words into a great wave of anguish. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Will you children please hush,” the mother wailed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My stomach sinks, and a wave of sadness makes me want to fall to the ground and wail. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, I shall be pecked to death!” wailed the poor Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z By the time the men got Tommie down, she had begun to wail. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z With a painful wail, she vaporized into nothing, and the cheering of the crowd died. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine began to screech and Claire to cry as Horace stood and wailed, “This is the end, we’re all going to die!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z If the car were racing toward us, the sound waves would be squashed together, the frequency would be increased, and we would hear a high-pitched wail. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do ye not know? ’Tis the dreaded name of the divvil himself, sir,” wailed the ferret. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And then the woman opened her mouth and uttered a wail so loud and terrible that Malcolm had to cover his ears. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I can’t do that,” wailed the boy, tears starting to roll down his face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When they shook their heads, he wailed, “I’ve lost him! He keeps getting away from me!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Anything she chose was greeted by wails of horror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At these words, seemingly in response to them, a sudden wail sounded, a terrible, drawn-out cry of misery and pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women's voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was impossible to escape the terrible sound, even after Thomas finally talked the Med-jacks into letting him go—weary, sore, bandaged, but tired of the piercing, agonized wails of their leader. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The baby wailed and the horse shifted nervously in his traces. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She wailed, falling sideways as the net constricted, forcing her two forms - Greek and Roman - into a quivering, out-of-focus whole. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I want to be with you! ” he wailed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z My parents and aunts and cousins burst into exclamations and wails. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z My brother stared at his leg and let out a wail. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “No. Not a soul in this whole wide world, Mr. Britten,” Peggy wailed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As we were leaving sirens wailed in the distance, coming toward us, and this long lanky guy stepped in front of me and said: “Y’all got any transportation?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “So did I until I saw how high this lot is,” Matthias wailed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Out of the depths came his last wail Precious, and he was gone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They would wail and beat the earth to make the River God pay attention, but I knew how busy the River God must be. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be in so much trouble!” she wailed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Michael wailed, and flung himself on to the floor. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Mamá,” she wailed, and went back inside the house, shutting the door behind her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Her wails and epithets carry out from the broken windows, down the firestairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t hear the desperate wail he was uttering any more than she could. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We were debating whether or not Chubs had broken his toe against an exposed tree root when the wail of a truck’s horn shattered the silence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t want to be eaten!” wailed the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z When he died the people burst into tears in the streets and their minds wailed, “What can we do now? How can we go on without him?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The bus wailed, spun a full circle on the wet asphalt, and crashed into the trees. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A high-pitched wail of feedback snapped my attention back to the front riser. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re too late. He’s drowned,” she wailed as she stood watching me struggle with her son’s body. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z One of them wailed and whispered, the other buzzed like a fat and angry bluebottle at a windowpane, but the voices said, as one person, “Thief! Give it back! Stop! Thief!” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z At that moment, little Fern began to wail. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” the chaplain wailed softly in a quavering voice, squinting with grotesque contortions of anguish and incomprehension. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z No sooner had Jasper Jr. knocked me to the ground than I heard Bull cut loose with a spine-chilling wail. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then a cat called from somewhere down the street, a low and quavering, drawn-out wail. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “The police siren wail was from that day.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I wailed and gnashed my teeth over the fact that I had maligned a fellow student. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She sang with volume and pitch and a heartbreaking wail that echoed through her relatives’ bones, rattling them in the ground under the school itself. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When the people saw that the birds had returned, they began to wail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z And she hangs up and probably starts to wail again for everyone, and I break through the Chevys back-staircase street exit just as Libby is probably skipping home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The only noise afterwards was the wail of a startled baby. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z If I was lucky a baby would wail in another room and she’d be off, hanging the belt on the doorknob as she went. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary put her hands over her face and let out a long wail. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Chamberlain could see nothing but smoke, the blue mounds bobbing in front of him, clang of ramrods, grunts, a high gaunt wail. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's coming to see if he can raise our taxes!" a woman wailed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m worried her little fingers will get crushed and scoop her into my arms, quickly sitting her on the bench next to me before she starts to wail. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Ella made a horrible, painful wail like she was being burned. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Milo let out a long, melancholy wail and staggered back, beads of perspiration popping out suddenly all over his ashen face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Piper blinked the yellow spots out of her eyes as the god Achelous wailed and dissolved beneath the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Flee, Miss,” wailed a girl’s voice in her head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The cluster of kids surged forward with a unified wail, hundreds of hands straining forward. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Sirens wailed not far away, and a delirious panic welled up in Sierra’s chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z This made the woman wail, as she could think of no reason why the bird should suddenly have turned against them in this way. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “Six five, please,” she said, and when her father answered she wailed into the mouthpiece. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They wail, the whole crowd, women and men, a kind of song, like a single quavering voice. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z James scoots out of our way and wails for Reverend Hunt. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Actually, the wail of the newborns is comforting. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wailed in a fresh fit of tears. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Esperanza was locked in the house, both Armijos were gone, and so the trapped dog wailed in pain all day, each of its woeful howls like an arrow piercing Herbie’s sensitive breast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Otherwise, the sounds from the quarter would lose order and rhythm and become wails. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For a time the baby wailed his thin cry, until finally Lupita got up from where she knelt and took him from the widow. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z They sear and singe images on her retinas: furious screams, wails of sorrow, the slow, mournful crawl of cars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z His sister, conscious of having been robbed of something, had set up a feeble wail. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The gangways were lifted around 12:20 p.m. amidst the wails of the unworthy on the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Other-Finn wailed, and Chess was surprised to realize that he was still mostly carrying the little boy, still dragging him along. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He tried to grab it and it bounded past him with a long wail of fear and scampered up the steps and through the door and out of sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We are a chorus of silent tears, tiny whimpers, deep guttural wails, and sharp piercing shrieks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Fadi could hear the echoes of her anguished wails as she pleaded to the other passengers to stop the truck, to go back to find her little Mariam. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The unearthly, discordant wail of a welcoming Siamese rent the air. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And the voices wailed, Fire, fire, run, run, like a tragic nursery rhyme, a dozen voices, high, low, like children dying in a forest, alone, alone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, Dallas and Florida listened to the wail of freight trains making their way through Boxton and on to...to where? Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the sad, tattered souvenir, hearing her wails in my head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She wailed so loudly it could be heard through her gag. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After a moment, Lady Constance opened the door a crack and immediately began to wail. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Wind wails around the corners of the house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The Wailing Tower only wailed when the wind blew from the north, and that was just the sound the air made blowing through the cracks in the stones where they had fissured from the heat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But instead she wailed, “Oh my baby! Lord help him, they got him with fingerprints on a pizza box.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z What she wanted to do was cry and complain and wail and cry some more. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Someone was yelling in an eerie wail, “Way for General Longstreet, way for the General!” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were covered with flies, millions of flies, their buzzing providing a white-noise background to the screams and the wails. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Dismay watched with calm round eyes while Peach wailed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Frightened by his own feelings, he had listened mutely to the wails of grief that permeated the community. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It was something which announced itself; a chill breath that seemed to issue from some vast cavern wherein discords wailed. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He wailed and went down, and Citra raced across the sand, leaped the hedge, and grabbed him by the shirt with both hands as he writhed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then Fairuz, the beloved Lebanese singer, wailed the show’s theme song. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Mollie watched the glistening white coffin sink into the ground until the long, haunting wails were replaced by the sound of earth clapping against the lid. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z All Ob and me wanted to do when we lost May was hold on to each other and wail in that trailer for days and days. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Daisy continued to wail, as if there were some doubt that her mother was telling the truth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Piper chopped through the last empousa, who vaporized with an anguished wail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A baby wailed behind the sawhorses, and a Salvation Army lady took it and rocked it quiet while its mother sagged in the arms of another woman. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It waren’t like no human sound atall, it was a kinda wail and a moan and a yell all stirred up together. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I blew it, I just know it!” she wailed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I had spent the first week of my life at the threshold between two worlds, too sick to suckle, too weak to wail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z An American near Billy wailed that he had excreted everything but his brains. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hearing the mother’s wail, and seeing the trust Pechvarry had in him, Ged did not know how he could disappoint them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Why would you do this, children, why?” wailed the old woman. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Oma wails behind him, and as he ducks into the car he looks up, sees her glistening face at the window. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the "Beale Street Blues" while a hundred pairs of golden and silver slippers shuffled the shining dust. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When he reached the end, he began to wail. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "You have to tell me—" Sirens wailed nearby. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Helmuth reaches for the wall behind him, sinks to the floor, clutches his belly, lets out a deep wail. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Smith, a lifelong teetotaler who strongly disapproved of Pollard’s drinking, probably waved off the jockey’s plaintive wails for alcohol that morning. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Lightning shredded a huge crater in the roof, but an angry wail from inside told me Mrs. Dodds was not yet dead. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Behind the guards, the crowd began to shriek and wail and shove their way toward the exits. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She hits it twice, then lets out this wail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We resumed our search of the house and waited for the approaching wail of the fire engines. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The baby starts to cry, a thin, piercing wail, but the sound provides enough cover that I can mutter instructions to Mirjam. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay,” he said, and got out and slammed the door so hard that Charley wailed with annoyance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She wailed so loud, I hated her more than I already hated her. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When a couple of hours had passed I heard something stirring in the Count’s room, something like a sharp wail quickly suppressed; and then there was silence, deep, awful silence, which chilled me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Lupita caught her breath in fright as another of the women wailed, “What shall we do? Shall we jump out now?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z How the cry of joy went up at the first weak wail—“no louder than a kitten’s mew.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia said, and it was more a wail than an angry accusation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Sacrabani, who had been screaming vigorously, began to quieten down: he gave one or two more tentative wails, then his mouth split in something like a smile and his fingers curled round Selvam’s. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain has been so constant for the past few minutes that I have gotten used to it, like a person gets used to a siren’s wail if it remains consistent. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My finger is firmly curled on the trigger, when the deafening wail of the flames gives way to a scream. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A strange music filled the air: the sirens’ wail and the thump of exploding shells. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z From deep in the hole something called, like the lonely wail of a night bird. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I forgot about it being a secret!” he wailed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Away he soars into the bright sky; and I cry aloud—all this in dream—I wail and round me gather softly braided Akhaian women mourning because the eagle killed my geese. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The child starts to wail suddenly and loudly, and Anna gets abruptly to her feet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When she shut him out once by mistake he wailed pitifully. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His aunt hit him, and he choked back his wail with a sniveling cough. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z This time what she touched felt hot and wet, as if she had put her hand in somebody’s mouth, and she pulled it back with a small wail. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “But Horatio is as harmless as a lamb, and a most honorable man,” I wailed, full of regret. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Tidbit, seeing his mother so upset, began to wail, reaching for her and trying to squirm out of Amari’s arms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I only dump sharp, slicing, painful wails out into the car. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Mama,” I wail, weeping, trying to rescue Maya. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The distant wails of the Grievers grew closer as the night stretched on, every minute seeming to last longer than the one before it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He could hear her panting now, her voice almost a wail of diffident yet iron determination: “I dont know what to do. I dont know what to do.” Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z A bit of a wail and a cry wrapped around each other. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The next day, right after lunch recess, the atomic bomb sirens wailed again in Camillo Junior High. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, Chester,” wailed Tucker Mouse, “don’t say that! You’ll make me feel like a rat. And I’m only a mouse.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, oh, oh! What have you done? I’m spoiled! I can’t go! My hair, oh, my hair!” wailed Meg, looking with despair at the uneven frizzle on her forehead. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The other nymphs wailed and clawed at their niches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She began to wail rhythmically, in time to his pounding feet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sirens wail nearby, and the chants behind us are replaced with screams and shouts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As the body was consumed by flames, Kami’s mother wailed inconsolably and struck her head with a sharp rock. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The sound of the wind was awful, like it was crying and lost and scared and not sure what to do except to wail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z She wailed and would not nurse or sleep. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The wind began to wail, filling the hut with a mournful sound. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Her feelings became too deep for words, and she spluttered into a shrill wail. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Mama wailed that she could never show her face in Cold Sassy again, she was so embarrassed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We ran for hours, Chi-Boy and Miig taking turns carrying Minerva like a child on their backs while she wailed and sang and mewled in cycles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Claudia began to wail as if someone close to her had died. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z When Harriet heard that long slow wail from the fields, she knew he was dead. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a high-pitched wail, a sound that couldn’t have possibly come from a human. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then some of the people began to wail and there were those whose faces were covered with tears. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Just sat in the dark, listened to the tink-tink of the engine cooling, the wail of a siren in the distance. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Aaron wailed on, and pretty soon Evan joined him, and the whole room was nothing but noise and complaining, everyone trying to fit somewhere. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Outside the wails began to fade as Rand and Chomsky finished what they had begun. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, my God!” he wailed, and all his practical composure went up in hysteria. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And when the wind was finished with the snow, it threw itself against our house, wailed under the eaves, and looked for any chink it could push through. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z In a high, rapid voice, he wailed out a stream of words: “I have been to the Unknown Regions!” he cried. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “The storms have been bad all year, but that—” “Keep moving,” Briares wailed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z One short beep, followed by a long wail. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Something like rage, something like disbelief, something like shame, and something so intensely sad that the only way to release it would be to wail. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Not only twins, mind you, but also a tow-headed toddler, whose skin seemed too thin, for she wailed at the slightest discomfort. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get out of my house!” she yelled above his frightened wails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In the distance, the security klaxons continued to wail. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Flapping her fabulous tongue way back in her mouth, she wailed and trilled. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His laughter turned into stormy weeping.“Don’t do that!” wailed Fidelito. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no more Luftwaffe left I” he wailed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But right then the organ wailed and Faith's gaze flew over my shoulder to the front of the church. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “So what do a blackbird’s wails and warbles have to do with finding our way out of the library?” said Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Of course, Peach had wailed to high heaven when I’d slammed the back door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The wail grows louder and louder as the ambulance comes closer. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Later, when the dogs came to, they would lift their heads to the ceiling and gape in a soundless wail. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere far away, police sirens wailed into the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z If my ears did not deceive me there was a gasp and a low wail, as of a half-smothered child. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The magistrate wailed as Mama pulled more plant-magic threads and more branches wound around other parts of him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Only when the bailiff took her arm to escort her out of the room did she realize that the wail was coming from her own mouth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The baby waved a fist in the air and wailed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what to take,” Mrs. Watson wails. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I stood there before the whole court, crying in an infant’s endless wail, unable to stop myself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I let out a wail when she parted the caul, letting in first air, first light. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They were halfway across the harbor when a wail of anguish broke from the child. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z A high-pitched howl wailed over frenetic guitar riffs, followed by booming drums. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Under its multiplied roar could be heard a mighty sound of grinding rock and timber and a wail. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z When she reached the first of the fences she let out a wail of sorrow. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z You know, in our culture, when a loved one dies, you’re expected to wail and cry to properly show your grief. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Up wells a wail from inside Rosemary, cracking her jaw open, wider and louder than any human cry I've ever heard ever, rising like a police siren, but much slower and so much sadder. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He knew every country song ever created by heart and belted them all in a shrill wail the whole way to wherever we went. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I heard another yelp and then a screech, a long wail that made my teeth chatter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Gone,” he wailed, looking me straight in the eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That was the child, who began to wail, clutching at his mother’s ragged cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to wail, to wave my arms in exuberance, to give myself up right then and there to the unexplainable force that overpowered the others in the room. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “The Child Protection people took me to see her. It was the right thing to do,” he said quaveringly, beginning to wail. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m a condemned man,” Bud wailed, grimacing, “and my wife thinks it’s funny.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He spake of the cults of the forest demons, whose wails could be heard in the bush when the brotherhoods met in convocation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He stopped abruptly as something with dry whispering feet flitted across his path, emitting as the rush of its flight died a thin, piping wail of lonely fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z With a wail of fury, she turned and fled. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Thunder boom over in South Jackson and way off we hear the wail a the tornado bell. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the old days, I would have pronounced my father dead with my wails and cries to his fellow villagers. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The weather was gorgeous, and even though the air-raid sirens soon began to wail, we stayed where we were. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A fissure opened in the stone floor of the workshop, and Minos and all his spirits were sucked into the void with a horrible wail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She wailed, and her heart gave out in her breast, and she fell dead onto the shore. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Miss Sarah followed close behind, the fight forgotten as a wail left her lips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She bucks her head, her knotted blonde hair whipping at her back as she cries out, a keening, animal wail. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She wanted to wail in agony, but wouldn’t let herself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Again, again—and it was not the ear that heard the pulsing rhythm, it was the midriff; the wail and clang of those recurring harmonies haunted, not the mind, but the yearning bowels of compassion. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They cried and wailed, for fear and great wonder had come upon them with the rising of the day. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Violet said, but just as she said it, one of the telephones rang, in a loud, unpleasant wail. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Finally, about twenty-five yards out, he lost it altogether and plunged with wheeling arms and an unhappy wail into the murky water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The sirens wailed, as if to remind us that there was supposed to be absolute silence. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The slash of the cat-o’-nine-tails punctuating every syllable, and a wail from the victim. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He paces below the wall, wails, and can’t be comforted or distracted. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It wasn’t at all hard to spot the Nurturers’ section at the front; coming from it were the wails and howls of the newchildren who sat squirming on the Nurturers’ laps. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t puddle into a heap and wail. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When Gulliver stopped chirping, a strange sound filled the well—a wail mixed with a gasp and a hiccup. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Robert Plant’s voice wails above it all like some sort of religious chant. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I lie by the roadside, starting to wail. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Just then Loo let out a wild wail. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She did not cry or wail as some of the other women did, but Afi’s face was covered in tears, which mixed with the blood on her face and lips. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t like this at all,” wailed the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want teeth if they make me forget all the things I like best,” wailed John, tossing about in his cot. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z As the first siren wailed, the Hitler Youth raced to the air-raid stations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You’re...in...the...Dol...drums,” wailed a voice that sounded far away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The horde of arai wailed, flapping their leathery wings and stirring up clouds of blackness. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Along the fence, the old drunk was moaning a melody that Princesse had never heard him sing before, a sad longing tune that reminded her of the wail of the conch shell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Then came April and Melanie as the mourning populace, scattering flowers and chanting, “Weep for Prince Pete-ho-tep—fallen in battle,” in a high mournful wail. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At this the giant’s wife wailed and sobbed as if each cry were being ripped from her soul. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z His thin, piercing wails rose and fell, just like the noon whistle that sounded every day at the Snapfinger Volunteer Fire Department. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But I want to get home,” I wailed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She tries to touch the steering wheel and wails in anguish. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not a narc,” she wailed, clutching at my shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her wails were full of an agony whose intensity told me that my punishment would be measured by its depth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sirens wailed and the antiaircraft guns rumbled like thunder. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In the black night, we tried to sleep but were kept awake by Davis mother, who wailed like a she-wolf who had lost her cub. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his aunts, a heavyset woman, grabbed Morrie and began to wail: “What will you do without your mother? What will become of you?” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, the stone men on the span began to wail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Florida heard the faint wail of the freight train as it wound its way through the distant hills, and she pulled the quilt up close to her face. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z All the darkness rocked and wailed as his father’s feet came closer; feet whose tread resounded like God’s tread in the garden of Eden, searching the covered Adam and Eve. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A thin wail out of the darkness chilled them and set them grabbing for each other. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The first row of snake women wailed as the machine gun’s volley blew them into sulfurous yellow powder. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Tammi tried to dodge my blade, but I sliced straight through her cheerleader uniform, and with a horrible wail she exploded into dust all over Rachel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I fill a cup of water for Malachy and me and my mother wails, Water for you and your brother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She began to wail out a prayer, not loud, just filled with pain. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Thalia’s tree must be almost dead” Grover wailed “We have to get the Fleece back tonight." The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I feel the furious wail of the serpent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Darnell shouted in one long, drawn-out wail of such ferocity that Mark stepped back again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z My mother came and touched my forehead then began her mourning wail. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds— clashes, clangs, screams, moaning wails, roars of engines, spinning saws, snapping blades, the screech of spikes against the floor, hair-raising pleas for help—it all grew to a crescendo, became unbearable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Gone, gone,” the old woman replied with a crabby shrug, irritated by his persistence, her low wail growing louder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z You can believe we sisters wailed and paled, whining to go home. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I heard nothing but the wail of the winds. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When enemy planes were spotted, air-raid sirens wailed, warning Germans to black out their windows. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Farzana stayed in the hut all day and wailed—it is a heartbreaking sound, Amir jan, the wailing of a mother. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ben’s wails grew, and his father’s grip tightened on him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Miss New Mexico broke into a full-blown wail. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She sniffed, and nodded, and cried and wailed and keened for her husband, who would never come back to her. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They shriek and wail a long, high song with quivering soft palates, like babies dying of hunger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Pulling her beautiful hair over her face, as the leper of old his mantle, she wailed out:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Aunt Tuti was real quiet but would let out occasional shrieks and wails so loud, the next church three miles away could have heard her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The youngest Wayburn, a toddler named Harris, wailed in his mother’s lap. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Wizards avoided Augurey nests for fear of hearing that heart-rending sound, and more than one wizard is believed to have suffered a heart attack on passing a thicket and hearing an unseen Augurey wail. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On the side of the road, where the earth had been turned by tank treads, an emaciated cow wailed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She awakened me what I guessed to be a few minutes later, not with ghoulish wails as might be expected, but as a mother would wake up her beloved child. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, darling,” he wailed, his face buried deep in her neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Dwarf,” said Griff, “I warned you—” A wail came shivering through the fog, faint and high. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cynthia would wail and flail overdramatic fists in the air, all leading up to the big finish, Cynthia planting her face flat on the desk. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z All round the very top of the hill ran a high wail of green turf. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Somewhere near, toward the crest of the hill, Tyson wailed, “Cant—get—through!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He left the room with his eyes burning and his daughter's wails echoing in his ears, and found the direwolf pup where they chained her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One, a thick, burly monster of a tree with warts, came down with a high, thin wail that sounded exactly like a baby crying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z His blood is on your hands! the river wailed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One of the twins woke up and without interval began to wail. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "All you need is love," the radio wailed, as if it were hungry. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “It was supposed to be rotten,” she wails backstage, where I have gone to congratulate her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the hospital, my mother wept and wailed. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z But they bleated and wailed as I grabbed a coil of rope and ran for the door and across the windy yard to where Mr. Kendall lay on his belly beneath the hornbeam tree. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Baby would wail, raising the offending arm or leg, and Olanna would stick a finger in her mouth and run it over Baby’s injury. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I heard the soft wail of a siren, and I knew the men would be pulling Lupito from the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard the Stuka climb from its dive even as they heard the banshee wail of the next attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why he hates us so much,” Hyacinth said with a wail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She let out a wail and, without waiting for the password, swung forward to admit him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z When he reached Gray’s den, he lifted his head and wailed the notes of grief. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z From the direction of the mausoleum there came a high, hopeless cry, not a scream, just a desperate wail of protest. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A small girl sitting nearby burst into wails, and her mother hushed her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hushpuppy never find me now,” Tidbit wailed miserably. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a wail, the kind that comes out of jackals, and realize it’s coming out of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And then a wail that curdles my blood and makes my hair stand on end. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z A bell clanged; and from the Watchers there went up a high and dreadful wail. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Kira listened, laughing, to the wails and whimpers as Thomas mercilessly scrubbed both Matt and Branch in his bathroom tub. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The vehicle whooped and wailed off school property, then returned to making its silent way through traffic to the Donnellys’. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Beyond one door, a drunken tenant wailed and sang in the firm grip of either gladness or grief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The thin wail of a police siren rose behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z There are questions and questions that whirl around my mind like a tornado, and they slowly make their way up to my throat to form one deep, angry wail. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah, lots of fun,” I reply, to be polite, even though I am frightened by the siren’s mournful wail. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Later, as Florida lay in bed listening to the wail of the freight train passing through Boxton, she thought about the old lunatics and about going down a river in a boat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Mary Poppins!” he wailed, as he felt himself carried through the air and set down in something still softer. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z |
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