weeping and wailing
Frequency: 6.17.0 per million words
a common idiomatic expression for intense crying and grief
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Examples (10)
- A crowd of women followed the coffin, weeping and wailing.
- The child was found weeping and wailing in a corner after losing her toy.
- After the tragic news, the family was left weeping and wailing for days.
- His mother's constant weeping and wailing filled the house with sadness.
- There was much weeping and wailing among the mourners at the graveside.
- Despite their weeping and wailing, nothing could bring back what was lost.
- She tried to comfort the distraught woman, whose weeping and wailing echoed through the hall.
- The sound of weeping and wailing could be heard from the distant village.
- We expected some sadness, but the scene of weeping and wailing was truly heartbreaking.
- He collapsed on the floor, weeping and wailing inconsolably.