lament

As performed by Price, Baez and Memphis Mariachi, their version of “Deportee” manages to be everything: a lament, a celebration of the lives lost, a tribute, a reminder.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Maybe The Proclaimers will have to rewrite the lyrics of their famous deindustrialisation lament, Letter to America.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Sotomayor’s lament applies with equal force to Landor v.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

While his narration is filled with rather precious declarations of love and lament, it sheds no light on his thoughts about the protests, or the reasons the activists want him around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

“Dead,” the old woman told him, nodding in emphatic lament, pointing to her head with the flat of her hand.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

“Club Sport Marítimo de La Guaira profoundly laments the irreparable loss of the wife and sons of our player Lucas Trejo,” the team wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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

Even Dad, who rarely has anything negative to say, laments the lack of culture in the suburbs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

He also lamented the fact that so many farms in Spain have been abandoned.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

Smith lamented in his latest investor letter that “there will be little point being proved right about the dangers of passive or momentum investment after our fund has closed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Rowlinson lamented that "hundreds" of people had been displaced, adding that many locals had offered spare rooms, bars and restaurants.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Some beachgoers have lamented that Laguna Beach’s policy is too restrictive, and that long days spent on the sand require more shade than a small umbrella provides, particularly for families with small children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

They squealed like stuck hogs while Mrs. Cowgill lamented from-the milk wagon.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

For that reason, lamenting the benefits he never received after his death is, in my view, misplaced.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Those in the data center industry are lamenting the state of public opinion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

In life, she’s the kid who realizes that parents don’t love all their children equally, and instead of lamenting that absence, surrounds herself with a chosen family that values her as she is.

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

Internet threads attracted hundreds of comments lamenting “foggageddon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

As Torak passed beneath, the trees sighed mournfully, as if already lamenting his death.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver