laments
Example Sentences
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Both displayed robust instruments with exceptional clarity, agility in florid passages, and moving sincerity in the many laments, which were ornamented with elegant subtlety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
In “Remake,” McElwee laments the hope that making “Photographic Memory” gave him, an aspiration that he was depicting his son on the cusp of finding his way through the dark.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Later she laments how the revelation brought her to a low point in her life: “How could my blood do something so atrocious? How could my blood be the cause of other people’s bloodshed?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
It laments the "British government has so far done nothing to bring her to justice".
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
She shakes her head and laments, To think of all those people there to honor you, and your own parents could not take a night off from their jobs.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
