laments

Example Sentences

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"It's hard to find something I haven't seen," he laments.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Where does Mr. Schmidt think young people got the idea that “the climate is breaking”? Where did the “fear” he laments come from?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“Don’t tell me ‘never,’” Graham laments, before bringing the meeting to a close with a gently peremptory “Do better.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Too many lines of code to analyze, armies of AI assistants to wrangle, and lengthy prompts to draft are among the laments by hard-core AI adopters.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Later, at dinner, she laments the fact that she’ll be thirty- five in a couple of months.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee