Plaintive Mnemonic
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plaintive
plaintive
/ˈpleɪntɪv/
Examples
- The music for the hymn is slow, sorrowful and plaintive.
- The party is disturbed by a plaintive wailing from outside.
- It's call was a long, plaintive whistle.
- Her vocals are gentle, plaintive, and poetic.
- Its call was a long, plaintive whistle.
- The male has several plaintive whistling calls.
- The song features a plaintive acoustic guitar part.
- His tone was clean and penetrating, but sweet and plaintive on ballads.
- Guy's voice sounded plaintive and weak from the front door.
- All the scenes were shot on cloudy days to indicate the plaintive mood.
expressing sorrow
adjective
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"Plain + Dive. His plain songs dive into sad melodies."
"Plain + Dive. The bird's plain dive sounded sadly like its cry."
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