lament
Example Sentences
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"If I had a pound for every time I said 'tuck your shirt in', I wouldn't need to teach, I'd be a millionaire," laments one Derbyshire secondary school teacher.
From BBC
"That was stupid. We had the victory in our hands," lamented Sage.
From Barron's
Daryl Caudle, the chief of naval operations, lamented extended deployments in a meeting with reporters in January, noting the financial impact on the Navy as well as the burden on crews and their families.
We see Shahverdi give a speech to a hall of women, lamenting how girls as young as 11 are married and giving birth.
From BBC
First-years from Hungary and Turkey lamented the systems in their home countries, where admissions are based purely on standardized tests rather than their interests or extracurriculars.
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