has been lamenting
- present perfect progressive of lament (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The flipside is that for two days, Toronto has been lamenting not pushing the ball enough and settling for the Wizards’ pace.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2015
This is Miss Beverley, and she has been lamenting all afternoon that she does not know Who’s Who, and is surrounded by celebrities, whom she can’t recognise.
From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
"What has become of you lately, madame? it seems an age since we saw you at any sort of festivity; and everybody has been lamenting it."
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de
The Diary Habit A newspaper has been lamenting the decay of the diary-keeping habit, with the natural result that several correspondents have written to say that they have kept diaries all their lives.
From Not that it Matters by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)
The latter has been lamenting all the morning over a milliner's bill that in length and heaviness has far exceeded her anticipations.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
