lament

Example Sentences

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Many of us hear our children and grandchildren lament their financial difficulties.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

One could lament the lack of yet more such material, but Lubitsch had a gift for knowing when it was time for something new.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

If Park’s film begins as another lament for our layoff-laden modern world, the South Korean director soon introduces a sinister twist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Listen to DtMF: A lament for the loved ones he's lost, the album's title track translates as, "I should have taken more photos".

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

He saw them scold and hurt each other; he saw them lament over pains at which the Samana laughs, and suffer at deprivations which a Samana does not feel.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse