lamentable

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But perhaps that’s no surprise given it’s from the playwright of such critically acclaimed works as “Kill Move Paradise” and “The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

On “The Most Lamentable Tragedy,” Titus Andronicus’s latest album, he reckons with getting older and grappling with manic depression in a five-part opus.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2016

Upon a bit of reflection before writing and recording “The Most Lamentable Tragedy,” Stickles realized he’d even created these sorts of arbitrary statutes for himself.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2015

Most Lamentable Juxtaposition: Helio Castroneves is in jeopardy and you have never seen a sadder looking man dressed in hot pink sparkles in your life.

From Time • Oct. 3, 2012

Lamentable as undoubtedly must be such a hopeless state of servitude, it still appears to them preferable to the precincts of a prison.

From Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by Wentworth, William Charles