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am lamenting

  • present progressive of lament (1st person singular).

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Yes, but the absence of that fascinating air, which you know would bring the most unyielding to your feet, is what I am lamenting.

From Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Vale, Ferna

"Oh, it is not for the sake of my own majesty, and for my little worldly splendor, that I am lamenting at this moment," said the queen, removing her hands from her face.

From Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by Jordan, F.

Now ruddy are the elm-tops against the blue sky, The pale larch donneth her jewelry; Red fir and black fir sigh, And I am lamenting the year gone by.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

Indeed, this is the very thing I am lamenting and deploring.

From Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) by Newman, John Henry

The way of it is this: I am lamenting for no lady who is walking the world, nor for one who is dead that I could be following to the grave.

From Humours of Irish Life by Various