lament
verb (used with object)
to feel or express sorrow or regret for.
had been lamenting
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past perfect progressiveof lament.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The actor, who had been lamenting his inability to eat undisturbed at Waffle House, replied with a deadpan rhetorical wrist slap: “That’s none of your business.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
He had come out of retirement for the Tokyo Games but had been lamenting his form, especially after he missed out on a medal entirely in the men’s sprint.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
The quote was from Ted Turner, the billionaire media mogul, founder of CNN, who had been lamenting his inability to snatch up the CBS network in a corporate megadeal.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Before I left every one had been lamenting that there was now no English Minister in Montenegro.
From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by M. E. (Mary Edith) Durham
It was known that she had been lamenting its loss.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon
