deplore
verb (used with object)
to regret deeply or strongly; lament.
has deplored
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present perfectof deplore (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Putin has deplored Russians’ vaccine hesitancy, saying that “there are just two options for everyone — to get sick, or receive a vaccine. And there is no way to walk between the raindrops.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
He and some others are receiving assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union, which has deplored the fate of deported veterans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2017
In the New York Times, author Jeremiah Moss has deplored it as a “tourist-clogged catwalk” and “just another chapter in the story of New York City’s transformation into Disney World”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2017
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored North Korea's rocket launch, which he says is in violation of Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang's use of ballistic missile technology.
From US News ● Feb. 7, 2016
The tale has been repeatedly transcribed; and every scholar, with pious indignation, has deplored the irreparable shipwreck of the learning, the arts, and the genius, of antiquity.
From On The Art of Reading by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
