lamenting

Example Sentences

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Any given search might surface a terse op-ed lamenting higher prices or news coverage of criticism by regulators and policymakers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In life, she’s the kid who realizes that parents don’t love all their children equally, and instead of lamenting that absence, surrounds herself with a chosen family that values her as she is.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

He described the situation as "a real mess", lamenting that those who were once hailed as architects of democratic change had become "gravediggers".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

She called herself “kinda done with politics,” lamenting that there was “so much division” in the country.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Desdemona had to devise elaborate ruses to satisfy him, telling him that our kitchen was the Zebra Room, only redecorated, and lamenting at how bad business was.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides