lament
Example Sentences
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"You've gone from all you that could be to all that you once were," he laments on Slow Jam.
From BBC
"It's like changing the rules in the middle of a game," Ameh lamented.
From Barron's
On the eve of the Civil War, the Columbian Register lamented the growing likelihood of “the stars of our political firmament” being “torn from their orbits, and plunging madly about, or tilting one the other.”
“I’m all the way in Florida and have never been anywhere near SoCal and even I know how legendary that venue is. RIP to a real one,” lamented another.
From Los Angeles Times
Larry Watts, 86, an attorney who has lived in the community for more than 50 years, lamented the shadow that the Simpson killing cast on the neighbrohood.
From Los Angeles Times
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