deplore
verb (used with object)
to regret deeply or strongly; lament.
had deplored
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past perfectof deplore.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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As early as March 2012, Goodyear had deplored NRC as a "loose federation of institutes."
From Science Magazine ● May 7, 2013
Hamilton said he had long suspected that as President, Jefferson would develop a keen taste for the federal power he had deplored in opposition.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only difficulty was that Mulrain himself had deplored New York's "perennially filthy condition" while urging greater civic pride last February.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a telegram to Damaskinos, Attlee himself had deplored "right-wing excesses."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had frankly admitted his ungovernable temper and had deplored it.
From Mary Louise in the Country by James Allen St. John
