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

One could lament the lack of yet more such material, but Lubitsch had a gift for knowing when it was time for something new.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

For Mair, the lament is that the very public controversy playing out on that Olympic stage will force changes at the top level of the sport that will trickle down to the grassroots.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Listen to DtMF: A lament for the loved ones he's lost, the album's title track translates as, "I should have taken more photos".

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

It was such a definite lament that José Arcadio Buendía woke up beside her and was happy with the idea that his son was going to be a ventriloquist.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez