wail
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1. wail - Noun
2. wail - Verb
Meaning
To choose; to select.
To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
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You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.
I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.
The hushed winds wail with feeble moan Like infant charity.
Occasionally I sense an insane wail deep down in the pit, the echo alone reaching me, striking without warning, a child weeping uninhibitedly, imprisoned forever.
"Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.
A guest mourner does not wail as though his heart is broken.