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

A few hours before she had been lamenting the necessity of entertaining that 'stupid young Prothero.'

From Gladys, the Reaper by Beale, Anne

Before you came, she had been lamenting over Mrs. Finch.'

From Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife by Yonge, Charlotte Mary