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

On Tuesday this week, a disciplinary panel chairman criticised Ms Lee's "lamentably poor" investigation into the incidents; had she still been a serving officer, she would have been dismissed.

From BBC • May 26, 2023

Despite their excellence, the Ducks lost that day, a lamentably familiar result.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Writer’s block has gone lamentably out of fashion, with people posting on the internet for free at all hours, the James Patterson conveyor belt, etc.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Mr. Hancock had indeed found a smith to make it after Mr. Lapham failed so lamentably.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes