Example Sentences

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Musicians have lamented the rise of chart-topping hits made with song generators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

On social media, fire survivors have lamented the red tape they’ve encountered.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

Others have lamented that the report is being used to brand all men in the industry as abusers.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

In years past, we might have lamented the paucity of notice for Prime Video's "Fallout."

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

If the author of the "Arcadia" had been permitted to become a prancing steed, he might, after the first exhilarating canter, have lamented his equine state.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 by Various