lament for
Example Sentences
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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
And while “Marce Catlett” is in many ways a lament for an “oldfangled” lifestyle that now persists only in stories, it arrives at another of this author’s favorite words.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The song is a painful lament for how she used feel about her body and relationships, and it was an instant smash there.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
He offers a lament for an Indigenous people historically persecuted in their own land.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023
We answered with a cry of our own, both a victory yell and a lament, for everything lost and yet to be gained.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
