plaint

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Recent Examples of plaint This wry, lovelorn plaint is a cagey display of subtle dynamics and counterpoint on a lone electric guitar. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 And to be perfectly fair, the New Deal had seven or eight big years of operation (the plaints about the Supreme Court etc. blocking reforms being so many excuses). Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Goldberger's plaint is overstated. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaint
Noun
  • 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
  • There's been endless chatter and discussion and debate and lamentation around it.
    Kate Bernot, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The complaint, first reported by Front Office Sports, was filed last Friday.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The information in my complaint was from a long-ago completed investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This fly-on-the-wall music documentary covers it all, from Cyndi Lauper's wail to Bruce Springsteen's growl to the fact that poor Huey Lewis had to follow Michael Jackson.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Simpson's gruff, outlaw country timbre ranged from wails to whispers, adapting to echo the style of the band and the current tune.
    Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • When in use, the motor produced a slightly audible whistle/whine.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Fittingly, its most art-averse detractors responded with an awful lot of whine.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Butler’s current seven-game suspension will cost Butler a total of about $2.4 million in salary, although the National Basketball Players Association intends to file a grievance to dispute the suspension in hopes of recouping some of that money.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Despite the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in 2019, remnants of the group and other militias continue to pose threats — with potential for resurgence if political and economic grievances remain unaddressed.
    James Durso, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The sailors’ splashes and cries, along with the debris from the sinking ship, likely signaled to the sharks that an easy feast was at hand.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But the heartbreaking cries continued as the video showed him in another part of the home.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This is a weaker attempt to crossbreed the classic Universal monsters with contemporary anxieties: a post-pandemic lockdown lament about the impossibility of protecting children from fear.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Much to the lament of American enthusiasts, Mercedes ceased production of the E 63 S wagon last year, which has helped to keep values high.
    Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The city declared a day of mourning on January 9, the third such observance in just 40 days.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • President Joe Biden, who declared Thursday a national day of mourning after Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100, delivered the eulogy.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Plaint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaint. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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