lamentations

Example Sentences

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Amid the lamentations about America’s healthcare system, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week reported some good news you might have missed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

A familiar pattern followed: lamentations over the derailing; a cascade of reporters; a debate in Congress.

From Salon • May 13, 2023

When the trade was finalized and announced on July 29, there was some lamentations that the Mariners gave up too much in prospect capital.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

All the while, Ladybug flirts and goofs and munches, alternating lamentations about his bad luck and therapy-gleaned platitudes that sound like something a school principal might deploy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2022

He enjoyed listening to Nately, whose maudlin, bittersweet lamentations mirrored much of his own romantic desolation and never failed to evoke in him resurgent tides of longing for his wife and children.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller