lament in English

noun
1
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
his mother's night-long laments for his father
verb
1
mourn (a person's loss or death).
he was lamenting the death of his infant daughter
synonyms:mourngrievesorrowwailweepcrysobkeenbeat one's breast

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "lament" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "lament", or refer to the context using the word "lament" in the English Dictionary.

1. A lament for Gandalf.

2. 19 Short pleasure, long lament.

3. We lament ( over ) his death.

4. It is the lament of an impoverished peasant.

5. He composed a lament to the dead soldier.

6. The children lament the death of their mother.

7. At times it's more a lament than a Benediction

8. People lament the passing of the good old days.

9. I lament the loss of humanity in some people.

10. 10 I will weep and lament over the mountains

11. To express distress or grief over; lament: to Bemoan one's fate

12. Some common synonyms of Bemoan are bewail, deplore, and lament

13. Bemoan — VERB lament or express sorrow for … English terms dictionary

14. The verb Bewail means to lament or express great sorrow

15. Bemoan Meaning: "to Bemoan, wail, lament;" see be- + moan (v.)

16. 5 Ken began to lament the death of his only son.

17. For those willing to plan ahead however, this is nothing to lament.

18. On trips organised for food writers, public perfidy is a popular lament.

19. For though fond nature bids us all lament, Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment.

20. Akasha is a large sea serpent circling the shipwreck called Gorrok's Lament

21. What a dismal, doleful, baleful lament of a speech we had from him.

22. Those who lament that Berlin never wrote a great treatise miss the point.

23. Synonyms for Bewail include lament, deplore, bemoan, mourn, rue, regret, grieve, moan, wail and repent

24. I know those tenement-lined streets invite a nostalgic lament for the loss of community.

25. Somewhere somebody was playing a pipe, a sad fluting lament in the hot air.

26. Forest dwellers lament being caught between Maoist bandits, exploitative miners and thuggish security men.

27. 1 That is the lament of many of us, for our lives are filled with activities.

28. Caparison of Lament is a unique horse saddle in the Hearts of Stone expansion

29. A heartfelt lament and positive proof that Morrissey's voice is indeed a valuable instrument.

30. Overwhelmed by a sudden avalanche of problems, they may be heard to lament: “Why me?

31. To express deep sorrow for; lament: a little child Bewailing the loss of her dog

32. Instead, they fall victim to impulse buying and then lament: “Where did it all go?”

33. 9 Some lament that there is only one incident in Jesus’ boyhood that is recorded.

34. Synonyms for Bawling include weeping, wailing, lamentation, lament, sobbing, blubbering, crying, plaint, bellowing and groan

35. I can today take up the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe - smitten people!

36. In panic, they lament: “What are we to do, because this man performs many signs?

37. At Judges 11:40 the King James Version renders the term “lament,” but the margin reads “talk with.”

38. Then came the tragic descent, the painful lament of one who had gained everything, then lost it all.

39. Experts lament that neither the central government nor most states have agencies dedicated to disaster planning.

40. Not a day goes by where we don't lament the loss of your parents and your brother.

41. Newspaper headlines lament: “Armed Robbers Sack Community”; “Kid Robbers Go Wild”; and “Panic, as Street Gangs Seize [a Township].”

42. The Farous' lament came to an end and the boy punched the tape out of its slot.

43. However, it is clear that the technologist who replies to the conservationist's lament is not an alternative technologist.

44. Many of today’s politicians lament the difficulty in finding talented individuals who are qualified to serve in government.

45. More than offer: I had barely mentioned what my book was about when her lament came pouring out.

46. Crossing in Force 9 winds led me to lament the absence of a grab-rail in the shower.

47. Late 16th century from Latin commiserat- ‘Commiserated’, from the verb commiserari, from com- ‘with’ + miserari ‘to lament’ (from miser ‘wretched’).

48. The Exquisite Buoyancies is a book of jumbling, tumbling doubling and becoming that suggests echo as tether to lament

49. Word Origin late 16th cent.: from Latin commiserat- ‘Commiserated’, from the verb commiserari , from com- ‘with’ + miserari ‘to lament

50. The Exquisite Buoyancies is a book of jumbling, tumbling doubling and becoming that suggests echo as tether to lament