Example Sentences

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In public, airlines and leasing firms have deplored delivery delays and are seen likely to press aircraft makers for compensation.

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2023

"I have deplored the infighting, the sniping, the blue-on-blue, the attacks and the smears," he said.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2022

Nonprofits working in northern Africa and human rights organizations have deplored the treatment the migrants received from police on both sides.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2022

Protesters, led by women activists, have deplored the judgment, calling it the product of a system that remains insensitive to gender and rape.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2020

His end was so glorious, that I protest not even his mother nor his mistress ought to have deplored it, or at any rate have wished him alive again.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace