Wailing

Definition of wailing:

part of speech: noun

Wail.

Usage examples for wailing:

• The Turkmans who were coming from the city thought that one of theirs had died in the encampment; and thus they were without knowledge one of the other, and they raised a weeping and wailing together such that it cannot be described. "Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers", W. A. Clouston.

• Then a terrible wailing arose, as if all the spirits of evil were abroad, and another voice said: " What is two?" "Roumanian Fairy Tales", Various Compiler: Mite Kremnitz.

• The heavens are filled with wailing and the earth seems to rock beneath the girl's feet. "'O Thou, My Austria!'", Ossip Schubin.