lamenting

Example Sentences

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Topics related to Ma have generated millions of views on RedNote and other Chinese social media platforms, with some users rooting for him, and others lamenting about the state of sport in China.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Those in the data center industry are lamenting the state of public opinion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

What value is there in an existence spent lamenting what was and what could’ve been?

From Salon • May 30, 2026

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

From Slate • May 6, 2026

“I have heard him lamenting her having no instrument repeatedly; oftener than I should suppose such a circumstance would, in the common course of things, occur to him.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen