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as in lamentation
a crying out in grief
the day after the massacre the plaints of bereaved mothers and wives could be heard throughout the village
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as in complaint
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
that taxes are too high is perhaps the most perennial of plaints
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Recent Examples of plaint
Goldberger's plaint is overstated.
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Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Somewhere between folk-rock plaint and short story, Margo Price sings about a pregnant woman at a clinic, with a hard-luck past and a tough decision to make.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021
These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell’s plaint, however.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Among other things, this culture war plaint was a brazen gambit for a rich kid whose start-to-finish private education cost $500,000.
—Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 25 July 2019
There’s a scene in Fallen Kingdom that will stay with me for a little while: a lone brontosaurus, standing on a shore nearly engulfed in ash and flame, stretching its long neck up to the sky and braying out a mournful plaint.
—Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 June 2018
Their rhythms can be jagged, but in simpatico ways, and the slightly off-tilt production has echoes of the plaint of the Native Tongues and early Outkast.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Somewhere between folk-rock plaint and short story, Margo Price sings about a pregnant woman at a clinic, with a hard-luck past and a tough decision to make.
—Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
The company said the decision to close came after the plaint failed to secure any capacity revenues in the latest auction held in May by the grid operator, PJM.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021
These points are not the most cynical aspect of McConnell’s plaint, however.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Among other things, this culture war plaint was a brazen gambit for a rich kid whose start-to-finish private education cost $500,000.
—Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 25 July 2019
There’s a scene in Fallen Kingdom that will stay with me for a little while: a lone brontosaurus, standing on a shore nearly engulfed in ash and flame, stretching its long neck up to the sky and braying out a mournful plaint.
—Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 June 2018
Their rhythms can be jagged, but in simpatico ways, and the slightly off-tilt production has echoes of the plaint of the Native Tongues and early Outkast.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaint
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The present moment demands resolve and affirmative thinking from the foreign policy community about how to sustain and reinforce the international order, not just lamentations about Trump’s destructiveness or resignation about the order’s fate.Jake Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2018
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No such resourcefulness is evident in Tesori’s score, which wavers between mid-century film-music heroics and sentimental lamentations, with tame avant-garde gestures popping up here and there.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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So far this fall, Milwaukee DNS has seen a 35% increase in complaints from last year about landlords providing no heat or insufficient heat, WITI-TV (Channel 6) and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reported.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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By that time, more than 18 million viewers had watched the title, according to the complaint.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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Children's wails filled the air, until, one by one, their deafening silence grew much louder.Alex Ross, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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In the middle of her speech, a siren-like wail cut through the air, startling the audience.Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
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The ground crew starts the engines externally, filling the air with an urgent whine.J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
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Reports of this plan were toasted by professional cynics with a similar whine.Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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The Destroyers are the more controversial picks — wired to disrupt existing institutions, and acting on smoldering grievances against the organizations they've been picked to lead.Axios, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump’s voters were motivated by white grievance, except for the people of color who were motivated by economic anxiety; ultimately, the main issue was the patriarchy, exacerbated by misinformation on long-form podcasts, although of course Harris should have gone on Rogan.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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That rumor began swirling in March of this year and is still a rallying cry amongst rightwing gaming influencers on X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, and the darker, even more hateful, corners of the internet.Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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Game drives and cocktail cruises are followed by evenings spent drenched in orange, red, and pink hues as the sun sinks into the inky river and the cry of the fish eagles pierces the air.Deborah Calmeyer, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
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But these laments seemed to reach a crescendo during the Biden administration, which was seen as too focused on the United States’ growing rivalry with Beijing and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to devote even minimal bandwidth to its southern neighbors.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Opponents lament diverting taxpayer funding from public schools to private ones and point to examples of misuse of funds, like buying dune buggies.Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
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The local municipality has declared two days of mourning on Monday and Tuesday.Sharon Braithwaite and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Each of our 10 resulting selections is a triumph of alchemy, deriving insight from fresh combinations of dismay and delight, tragedy and comedy, mourning and hope.The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Plaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaint. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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