But his warm and plaintive sound affectingly suited the role.

There was a small and plaintive sound from a table near the door.

He heard distant laughter, the plaintive sound of pipes.

He paid no special attention until the plaintive sound began to wear on his nerves as it grew nearer.

From the next room, she heard the plaintive and tentative sound of Francie tuning up.

He threw his head back and made a very plaintive sound.

Behind him somebody shouted, a plaintive bewildered sound, but Manfred did not check or look back.

It had a plaintive sound, she knew, even when sung in her slightly out-of-tune voice.

A French station picked up the next batch of plaintive sounds.

The plaintive sounds of the dying baby's cries were still ringing in her ears.