deplore
verb (used with object)
to regret deeply or strongly; lament.
are deploring
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present progressiveof deplore.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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“We are deploring the lack of transparency… when it comes to what happens to nuclear waste once in Siberia,” Roger Spautz, the head of Greenpeace’s nuclear campaign in France, said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
The capitalists of England are deploring the loss of not less than 50,000,000l. through its bankruptcy.
From Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem by Edward Hoare
Mr. Farnum and I are deploring the immoral money madness of New York and the debilitating effects of modern civilization.
From The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine
Hence, to provide an effective remedy for the evils which we are deploring these circumstances must be altered, and unless my Scheme effects such a change, it will be of no use.
From In Darkest England and the Way Out by William Booth
Some are deploring the prostrate condition of spiritual interests.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Edward Caldwell Moore
