Words similar to plaintive

Example sentences for: plaintive

How can you use “plaintive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Having read Larry's valedictory, I am impressed more with his plaintive, rhetorical ploys than his substantive argument.
Conjectured ancestors include the Lowland Scottish peu to `make a plaintive noise' and the Danish piave `to whimper, whine or cry like a child.
A "plaintive" "Cassandra"?
Apart from the music played in the big cities and the sophisticated music of the Brahmanic tradition, you can listen to the folk music of Rajasthan, rousing or plaintive, in the desert around Jaisalmer.
("No Help For Dying," is the NYT plaintive subhed.