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plaintively in a sentence

Example sentences for plaintively

In the tops of the trees the wind began to play, disturbing the sleeping birds so that they flew about calling plaintively.
Neighbouring countries continue to call plaintively for a peaceful vote.
Whole stretches are plaintively tonal and colorfully scored, music at once elegant and fraught with tension.
He lifts his gray, furry head half an inch and meows plaintively.
Bulgarians point out plaintively that corruption is a problem elsewhere too.
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