Word: wailful
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John Lewis mocked him. Hillman had joined with Lewis in 1936 in the rebel C.I.O. movement. When Hillman suggested later that the schism from A.F.L. might be healed, Lewis thundered: "And now comes the piercing wail and the laments of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers," and fumingly invited Hillman to get out of C.I.O. But in the end it was Lewis...
...moonlight on eagles, that he wants to become a human and marry her. Warned by the Conjur Man that being human isn't easy, and enticed by the wiles of the girl witches, he nonetheless insists on becoming a man "with a soul." "You'll be sorry, witch-boy," wail the girl witches...
...here," complained the Blot in a high plaintive wail...
...Follette-Monroney report strikes hard at the difficulty of placing responsibility for governmental policy. Congressmen loudly wail that the function of policy formulation has slipped through their fingers and has been lost in the intricate maze of the executive department. The reasons for this sapping of legislative authority can be found in the anachronistic organization of Congress itself...
...they faced a second ordeal. At the far end of Peacock Alley, the agonized wail of bagpipes announced the arrival of four kilted veterans, bearing aloft a haggis, "great chieftain o' the puddin' race." Behind them, a kilted soldier carried a sheathed dirk at the salute, closely followed by a proud bearer holding on high a bottle of King's Ransom Scotch whiskey...