In the past, wailers were hired to cry for the deceased.

Yanni heard a police car briefly wail its siren outside.

The old men and women gathered in the torch-lit wailing temple to cry throughout the night.

Nor hath vengeance found / none save the Trojans; there the victors groan, / and valour fires the vanquished. All around / wailings, and wild affright and shapes of death abound.

Brenda let out a loud wail at the sight of her dead daughter.

So wailed Creusa, and in wild despair / filled all the palace with her sobs and cries, / when lo! a portent, wondrous to declare. / For while, 'twixt sorrowing parents' hands and eyes, / stood young Iulus, wildered with surprise, / up from the summit of his fair, young head / a tuft was seen of flickering flame to rise. / Gently and harmless to the touch it spread / around his tender brows, and on his temples fed.

She wasn't wailing anymore...

He wailed in fear.

Tears ensue, / and wailing, shrill as though her heart would bleed.

Moaning and tumult in the house we hear, / wailings of misery, and shouts that smite / the golden stars, and women's shrieks of fear, / and trembing matrons, hurrying left and right, / cling to and kiss the doors, made frantic by affright.