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:

The plaintive question echoes in the moist, warm air of the jungle.
Time has fresh shots of an anguished Ethel and a plaintive Rory Kennedy.
A "plaintive" "Cassandra"?
Conjectured ancestors include the Lowland Scottish peu to `make a plaintive noise' and the Danish piave `to whimper, whine or cry like a child.
("No Help For Dying," is the NYT plaintive subhed.