plaintive

There was a small and plaintive sound from a table near the door.

Everything's been going so well, his rather plaintive thought ran.

He had finally found the answer to the plaintive "Why me?"

Each time he asked the question his voice grew more plaintive.

He thought the plaintive word but could not make his mouth actually form it.

By the end, the question had a more plaintive tone.

Standing next to him, she could hear a plaintive female on the other end of the line.

He threw his head back and made a very plaintive sound.

The plaintive voice from the stairs made them both start.

It was odd to see a face like his look so plaintive.

The voice was that of a young man, urgent and plaintive.

The whisper which came within his head suddenly was almost plaintive.

The voice, delicate and plaintive, was off to his left.

With that plaintive question, Kirk saw she was a child in so many ways.

A plaintive "It's dark in here" was the first thing out of my mouth.

While there remains even a plaintive memory, a person cannot be cut off, dead.

She'd reach out - a plaintive touch and I'd tell her to get away from me.

"I think of nothing but," she said, and a little plaintive.

What you don t understand is- His voice went plaintive.

The publicity man's voice was plaintive, but it held no fear.

From far away the plaintive song still reached her ear.

The weird sound began again with a plaintive quality that was almost human.

The sound was plaintive, and more than that, infinitely private.

So what difference would it make if those plaintive lyrics were about a Him instead of a her?

The music became slower, more plaintive; she seemed to offer herself to every man there.