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Example sentences for: laments

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

He laments the permanence of racism, which he feels is now deeply entrenched in almost every American institution.
As one harried frequent flyer laments, "If the airplane hits a bump, you have all the salt on the wrong spot."
Spare us laments about the decline of Ivy League credentialism in government service.
Writing in USA Today, sometime Slate contributor Walter Shapiro laments that Bush's remarks were over-rehearsed and "totally skirted such contentious issues as public schools run on a for-profit basis and the merits of teaching to ace tests."
Rumors that ABC and NBC may replace their nightly news shows with prime-time newsmagazines trigger laments about the genre's decline.