lamentable

Example Sentences

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"Local police and Spain's Civil Guard have begun investigating to try to clear up this lamentable event, in which everything points towards a robbery," read the post.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

“I have no intention of using such a lamentable situation for political reasons,” said López Obrador.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Smartphones have become an indispensable on-mountain tool — although the push to eliminate paper trail maps is lamentable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Some of them are plodding, while others put on full display the lamentable labor conditions that still dog much of the industry today.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2023

Nothing made him desist except his own lamentable state of demoralization.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez