lament for

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And while “Marce Catlett” is in many ways a lament for an “oldfangled” lifestyle that now persists only in stories, it arrives at another of this author’s favorite words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

His voice, fragile but determined, contains both a lament for what has been lost and a quiet hope that one day, he may finally go home.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

This historical novel is a lament for his continent’s past through the eyes of its first disillusioned dreamer.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

About a dozen readers sent along links to an opus in the recent New Yorker, a writer’s nostalgic lament for the lost city of Austin, Texas.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2023

We answered with a cry of our own, both a victory yell and a lament, for everything lost and yet to be gained.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs