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
And his lament over the pain of farewells likely will be felt by many of the athletes gathering Sunday for the Olympic closing ceremony at Arena di Verona, a 1st century Roman amphitheater.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
But he might also inspire a true-crime series like Marco Bellocchio’s “Portobello,” which hath no shortage of righteous indignation while also being an epic, a thriller and even a lament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Keening, derived from the Irish word "caoineadh", meaning "to cry", is a traditional vocal lament for the dead and was once a central part of funeral rites in Ireland.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
He wondered what tragedy so many had found to lament out of doors.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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