lamentation
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“Craftland” may be read as a mild and easily digested tour of a vanished civilization, a sort of upbeat lamentation, and surely that response would be justified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Zion Church, coaches her to experience the truth of the mother’s lamentation scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
"There is this sentence from the bible, from David's lamentation, saying 'How heroes fell'. And actually, the question now turns to instead of 'How heroes fell?', to 'For what?'," 63-year-old lawyer David Gilat told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2023
Still, the aquatic carnage was extensive—and the reaction, from the press and citizens alike, was one of shock, coupled with a dose of lamentation and self-recrimination.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2022
“Chaplain, this comes as a great shock to me,” the major accused in a tone of heavy lamentation.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing lamentation
Animal Farm
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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The Jungle
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