- present participle of lament.
lamenting
Example Sentences
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Those in the data center industry are lamenting the state of public opinion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
What value is there in an existence spent lamenting what was and what could’ve been?
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
He described the situation as "a real mess", lamenting that those who were once hailed as architects of democratic change had become "gravediggers".
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Internet threads attracted hundreds of comments lamenting “foggageddon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Desdemona had to devise elaborate ruses to satisfy him, telling him that our kitchen was the Zebra Room, only redecorated, and lamenting at how bad business was.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
