Example Sentences

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Those in the data center industry are lamenting the state of public opinion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

"Equally, some are lamenting the newfound difficulty their young people are having in communicating with their friends, and in some cases with family members who live elsewhere."

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Some are lamenting the impending demise of another piece of the city’s history, but are not at all surprised.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Many Thais, however, are lamenting the shunting aside of the previous terminal, Hua Lamphong Station on the edge of Bangkok’s Chinatown in the middle of the capital.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Jupiter strikes Phaëton with a thunderbolt, and while his sisters and his kinsman Cyenus are lamenting him, the former are changed into trees, and Cyenus into a swan.

From The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)