“But the obeah, with a whining plaint, spat away his tobacco-leaf.”

“His shriek was as feeble as the plaint of a grass-stalk in a storm.”

“In the absence of a formal plaint, there is no legal basis to press further charges.”

“Likewise, her voice has a matter-of-fact plaintiveness that defines, but can also box in, her performance.”

“Its sweeping soundscapes, rustic plaintiveness and nods to Curtis Mayfield all added up to a strangely uninvolving experience.”

“And when she is allowed to let go, her pleading is without plaintiveness, her passion brims over into compassion.”

“So great was the indignation that the empty plaints of a few celebrities who groused about leaving the country in 2000 became a popular badge of outrage last week.”

“Bring in brother John, and let him hear the plaints which have been urged against him.”

“Thus they out of their plaints new hope resume To find whom at the first they found unsought.”