During varmint - calling time the Arizona desert lands strangely resound with the shrill and plaintive cries of rabbits, arousing the curiosity of even the most sophisticated predators (si.com)
This development in turn has given rise to the increasing plaintive cries, including Hunter's own, for more attention to theological reflection in the exercise of this ministerial office. (religion-online.org)
Rather, it is a plaintive cry for the need to actively engage this problem, for the elevation of concern for racial equality to a position of priority on our government's domestic affairs agenda. (firstthings.com)