In the story of Ishtar's journey the wailers are called upon to strike their instruments.
Me hard fate confounds "With that same crowd of wailers I outrun By promising to teach another cry Of more hilarious mood than theirs, the sun "I look my last at is insulted by.
Several of the disciples were waiting outside; they watched the hired wailers leave.
It was a piteous spectacle, reminding one of the professional and hired wailers in Palestine, where "the mourners go about the streets," uttering dismal lamentations which can be bought for money.
First came wailers and then men beating on drums; then sons of the deceased dressed in white (white is their emblem of mourning); then the servants carrying the body on their shoulders.
Immediately after the wailers walked a train of actors, one of whom was dressed in the insignia of the deceased and wore a mask representing him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wailers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
