lamenting

Example Sentences

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Topics related to Ma have generated millions of views on RedNote and other Chinese social media platforms, with some users rooting for him, and others lamenting about the state of sport in China.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

What value is there in an existence spent lamenting what was and what could’ve been?

From Salon • May 30, 2026

She called herself “kinda done with politics,” lamenting that there was “so much division” in the country.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

More than anything, he wants to enjoy the time he has left instead of lamenting over missed opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

It still echoed sorrowfully, searchingly, but other voices accompanied it, voices of pleasure and sorrow, good and evil voices, laughing and lamenting voices, hundreds of voices, thousands of voices.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse