lamentably
Example Sentences
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The ones in Professor Shugerman’s essay, lamentably, are not even legally persuasive.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024
He said the level of security MPs were offered was "lamentably poor" but said he would not allow threats to "reduce my accessibility to my constituents".
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
Despite their excellence, the Ducks lost that day, a lamentably familiar result.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
In keeping with that approach, many health officials believe the vaccine machinery is in place to meet what they expect, lamentably, to be tepid demand this fall.
From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
On the left were four small logs, one of them the farthest lamentably springy.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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