Thesaurus / lament
FEEDBACKHow to use lament in a sentence
It’s a true elegy, a lament for the dead, a yearning for the lost.
NOMADLAND TURNS AMERICAN ICONOGRAPHY INSIDE OUTALISSA WILKINSONFEBRUARY 19, 2021VOXAfter nearly a year of working from home, the difficulty in finding ways to connect with peers and lament workplace issues is getting to some creatives.
IT’S TOUGH ‘TO KNOW YOUR WORTH’: CONFESSIONS OF A CREATIVE FEELING ADRIFT WITHOUT A MENTORKRISTINA MONLLOSFEBRUARY 19, 2021DIGIDAYWhen things inevitably begin to get heavy, there are no emotional outbursts, no histrionic laments, no ugly crying.
FIRTH, TUCCI FACE TRAGEDY WITH RESTRAINT IN ‘SUPERNOVA’JOHN PAUL KINGJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEAll we have is a lament for another child our city has lost.
THIS D.C. BABY’S MOTHER WAS CHARGED WITH HER DEATH. BUT NOTHING IS SOLVED.PETULA DVORAKDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTOver the years, his encyclopedic knowledge of the decline—or, more charitably, the evolution—of American industry has crystallized into a kind of lament about the shifting character of the US economy.
UNMADE IN AMERICATATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 14, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWAnd her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSEthel hesitated a little, and presently answered, "I don't think it can be right to lament for our own sakes so much, is it?"
THE DAISY CHAINCHARLOTTE YONGEHence also the word was particularly used to signify any complaint or lament, or a chant at the burial-service.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 1 (OF 7) -- ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE; MINOR POEMSGEOFFREY CHAUCERProfitable trade was their one aim and the extravagances of their servants and apprentices their increasing lament.
THE STORY OF MOSCOWWIRT GERRAREHis glowing eyes and the half-choked voice in which he concluded gave an authentic stamp to his lament and pronouncement.
A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSONWORDS RELATED TO LAMENT
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