lament for
Example Sentences
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And while “Marce Catlett” is in many ways a lament for an “oldfangled” lifestyle that now persists only in stories, it arrives at another of this author’s favorite words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
His voice, fragile but determined, contains both a lament for what has been lost and a quiet hope that one day, he may finally go home.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
He offers a lament for an Indigenous people historically persecuted in their own land.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
It’s a muddled if on-brand addendum, a tarnished curio, a not-bad epilogue and, intentionally or not, a lament for the film industry that used to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
We answered with a cry of our own, both a victory yell and a lament, for everything lost and yet to be gained.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
