Words similar to lamenting

Example sentences for: lamenting

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

Lamenting "the near total erosion of the distinction between the upmarket dailies and their tabloid print and television inferiors," MacArthur attacked both the Times and the Washington Post for persisting in a "self-righteous persecution of Mr. Clinton and defence of Mr. Starr's vice-squad techniques."
And an officer who has been stuck on may well be heard lamenting that It's all gone pearshaped --which is what happens when anything that should have a fine, firm shape sags, with all the stuffing leaking down into the bottom and flopping outwards.
I cannot help lamenting what I see as distortion.
But Lemann is writing a book lamenting the fact that America has this new elite, selected at an early age by SAT scores and other academic factors.
The Manhattan Institute Forum sounds a bit like the high-and-mighty intellectuals lamenting their loss of authority over the masses.