lament
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She started off strong, rich and nuanced in Dejanira’s bleak lament about her husband’s long absence and her beatific vision of their future together after death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Many of us hear our children and grandchildren lament their financial difficulties.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
For Mair, the lament is that the very public controversy playing out on that Olympic stage will force changes at the top level of the sport that will trickle down to the grassroots.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
It says this is a "recognition of the need for repentance, humility and lament".
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
But Fawkes’s perch stood empty, he was still crying his lament to the grounds.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing lament
Night
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