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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:

An editorial laments India's failure to live up to its geopolitical potential.
"George Bush sounds exactly like Bill Clinton," laments Paul Gigot ( NewsHour ).
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."
Spare us laments about the decline of Ivy League credentialism in government service.
"Our campaigns often end up doing the very opposite of what they intend," Bradley laments.