Example Sentences

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Deploring the way he dominates the narrative is its own catalyst to his dominance, though his critics often miss the paradox.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2021

Deploring the suffering of free but poverty-stricken wage laborers and denouncing the competitive economy that left them starving, Fitzhugh condemned free society as merely giving “license to the strong to oppress the weak.”

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Deploring a perceived lack of agency, Greer claimed that Kate’s personal freedoms have been largely curtailed by her position in the royal family.

From Newsweek

Deploring the ballerina's tiptoe point as artificial, she flexed her foot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Deploring the lack of candour and straight-forwardness, she pronounced the game at an end.

From Love at Paddington by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)