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

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

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Like Eagle Rockers, San Franciscans were done merely lamenting the community’s loss.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

Imperceptibly she had passed from lamenting her condition to taunting him about his.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick