lamenting
Example Sentences
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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
More than anything, he wants to enjoy the time he has left instead of lamenting over missed opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times
Carmona recently penned an op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star, lamenting “a series of avoidable missteps in messaging, coordination, and tone from senior departmental leadership.”
He chose that particular name because “it conjured up someone old-fashioned and bad-tempered lamenting the state of the world through the window of a London club while clutching his glass of port.”
Another mourner cited the product’s affordability, lamenting that Minute Maid’s frozen juice concentrates were “a must” for households that relied on WIC/SNAP benefits.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
