lament
verb (used with object)
to feel or express sorrow or regret for.
has been lamenting
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present perfect progressiveof lament (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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
"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 Charles Paul de Kock
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
Yet another endurable shortage is reported from the seaside, where an old sailor on the local sea front has been lamenting the spiritual starvation brought about by the war.
From Mr. Punch's History of the Great War by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves
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 Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
