- The
plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a
species of bird
belonging to the
genus Cacomantis in the
cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is
native to Asia...
- The
plaintive rain frog or
rough rain frog (Breviceps verrucosus) is a
species of frog in the
family Brevicipitidae. It is
found in Lesotho,
South Africa...
- The grey-bellied
cuckoo or the
Indian plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis p****erinus) is a
cuckoo with
widespread occurrence throughout Asia. The grey-bellied...
- sounds. On the
other hand, 2002's A Rush of
Blood to the Head is full of "
plaintive strums,
weary arpeggios and
pained melodies",
along with a
sense of urgency...
- "gravelly, raspy" vocals, "... growls, moans,
screams and mumbles" and "
plaintive groans"; this
range of
singing styles was used to
communicate the "varied...
-
highlighted by Page's
guitar solo and Plant's vocals,
which ends with the
plaintive a
cappella line: "And she's
buying a
stairway to heaven". "Stairway to...
- years.
Scholars appreciated Cowper's
poetry somewhat more than Newton's
plaintive and
plain language,
expressing his
forceful personality. The most prevalent...
- in my trousers?" When
Beria finally realised what was
happening and
plaintively appealed to
Malenkov to
speak for him,
Malenkov silently hung his head...
-
called it a "magnificent rendition", commenting,
Houston transforms a
plaintive country ballad into a
towering pop-gospel ****ertion of
lasting devotion...
-
negative review, in
which reviewer Barney Hoskyns noted the "excessive
plaintiveness of Bono's
voice and the
forced power of U2's sound". He concluded: "Obviously...
