bewail
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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
People bewail the coarsening of public debate; a bad development with a pleasantly granular overtone, as if we’re discussing mustard.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2018
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
What profit to bewail that which has always been and cannot change?
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing bewail
Beowulf
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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