a plaintive cry
a plaintive melody
a plaintive tone
the bird’s plaintive call
Fuzzy guitar workouts, with plaintive folky compositions.
Somewhere in the audience an old woman’s voice began plaintive wail.
a plaintive cry for help
her plaintive voice echoed through the empty room
the plaintive melody of the violin moved the audience to tears
he sang the song in a plaintive tone
the dog let out a plaintive whine as its owner left
the plaintive look in her eyes revealed her sadness
the cat made a plaintive meow as it waited by the door
his plaintive expression tugged at her heartstrings
the plaintive wail of the wind could be heard outside
she wrote a plaintive letter to her lost love
Uncle Peter's voice came as from a far distance, plaintive, placating.
He passed his hand across his eyes, he sighed, his voice became plaintive.
Your phone utters its final plaintive " bleep" and cuts out in the middle of your call.
" Why don't you leave me alone? " There was an almost plaintive note in his anger.
The air which was played, was plaintive and melodious.
Constantly they gave tongue to a plaintive note of calling.
She clasped her hands, suddenly carrying her urgency to plaintive entreaty.
But then I would get these plaintive emails from him when he was at work.
The crying of the loons strikes people as plaintive and chilling.
Stoick's tummy gave out a plaintive rumble like a distant underground explosion.
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