bewail

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Readers who don’t make it that far will no doubt bewail the novel’s unlikely premise and other stumbling-block implausibilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

People bewail the coarsening of public debate; a bad development with a pleasantly granular overtone, as if we’re discussing mustard.

From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2018

Across the country, North and South, Christians gathered in their churches to remember the crucifixion of Christ and to bewail their sins, which made such a sacrifice necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2018

Of course, the title is also a pun: Eugenides characters sure do like to bewail their fates.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2017

There would come a day, in fact, years later, when Laila would no longer bewail his loss.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini