- Examples
Katherine warned plaintively, reaching a jetcycle and kicking away its tethers. | Katherine advirtió lastimeramente, alcanzando un jetcycle y pateando lejos sus traíllas. |
The cat was mewing plaintively at the window. | El gato maullaba lastimeramente en la ventana. |
And one day when a general was visiting the wounded, he stopped by the boy's bed and the young man, disillusioned that he was, rather plaintively looked up at the general and said, "Why, General?" | Un día en el que el general visitaba a los heridos, se detuvo ante su cama y el joven, desilusionado, miró al General y dijo: "¿Por qué, General?" |
The cows were mooing plaintively as they went along. | Las vacas mugían lastimeramente a la medida que avanzaban. |
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