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

It was a Rangers performance so lamentable it had fans leaving Ibrox before half-time - and questions being asked of Russell Martin's future at full-time.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“It’s a lamentable act that has to be investigated and punished,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters Thursday at her morning news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 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

Oh, yes, they had seen it, each brother and sister beneath the sound of his voice tonight, and they had seen the destruction caused by a so lamentable unripeness!

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin