All 6 Uses of
plaintive
in
Catch-22
- 'What correspondence?' asked the chaplain plaintively in rising exasperation.†
Chpt 20 *
- 'I'm cold,' Snowden whimpered feebly over the intercom system then in a bleat of plaintive agony.†
Chpt 22
- Dunbar asked plaintively from the floor, wincing at the vibrating pains in his temples that his voice set up.†
Chpt 27
- 'But I did get to speak to him,' the chaplain argued in a plaintive tone of self-justification.†
Chpt 27
- 'I'm right here, Sergeant Knight,' Doc Daneeka told him plaintively.†
Chpt 30
- 'It's starting to hurt me,' Snowden cried out suddenly with a plaintive, urgent wince.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(plaintive) expressing sadness -- sometimes with a plea for help