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bewail

[bih-wayl] / bɪˈweɪl /


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Readers who don’t make it that far will no doubt bewail the novel’s unlikely premise and other stumbling-block implausibilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Across the country, North and South, Christians gathered in their churches to remember the crucifixion of Christ and to bewail their sins, which made such a sacrifice necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2018

Of course, the title is also a pun: Eugenides characters sure do like to bewail their fates.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017

That night I called my friend Kirstin to bewail the ignominy of having been swallowed whole by a stairwell.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2017

What profit to bewail that which has always been and cannot change?

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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