deplore
verb (used with object)
to regret deeply or strongly; lament.
am deploring
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present progressiveof deplore (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am deploring the lack of information of our people at home as to conditions in the Philippines.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
I am deploring the kind of reading to which this leads, the kind of papers that are prepared in this way, and the kind of thought and action that are the inevitable outcome.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
