laments
Example Sentences
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In “Remake,” McElwee laments the hope that making “Photographic Memory” gave him, an aspiration that he was depicting his son on the cusp of finding his way through the dark.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Later she laments how the revelation brought her to a low point in her life: “How could my blood do something so atrocious? How could my blood be the cause of other people’s bloodshed?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I feel like my hands are tied because I can't find her," she laments.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“We have sometimes shrunk from applying that rule,” Justice Gorsuch laments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Sarai thought of Ruby’s envious laments about how she “got to live.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
