Example sentences for: lament

How can you use “lament” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For myself, I have not ceased to lament that one-vote decision.

  • Godzilla held center stage in the "Movies and Television" thread until talk moved to science fiction and Star Trek , Babylon Five , Deep Space Nine , and Dune . One fraygrant's lament, "Why hasn't there been a good movie out in the first five months of 1998?"

  • Hence John Skelton's early 16th-century poem Phyllyp Sparowe , a lament by a young lady for her pet sparrow killed by a cat, with the affecting lines: Nothynge it auayled/To call Phylyp agayne,/Whom Gyb our cat hath slayne.

  • Thanks to Paul Krugman for his lament about credulous reporters who refuse to let facts stand in the way of a good story ("The Legend of Arthur").

  • Every year around this time, Americans lament our low voter turnout rate--44.


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