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

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 Raine, William MacLeod

The capitalists of England are deploring the loss of not less than 50,000,000l. through its bankruptcy. 

From Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem by Hoare, Edward

You are me and I am you, and doubtless you are deploring your misfortune as bitterly as your unhappy friend Stadt.”

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

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 Booth, William