lament
verb (used with object)
to feel or express sorrow or regret for.
is lamenting
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present progressiveof lament (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He is lamenting the death of his wife, Seleuce, who is not actually dead but also on Cyprus, pretending to be a shepherdess and looking for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Director Ron Howard is lamenting a missed opportunity with his old friend Cindy Williams nearly a week after she died at age 75.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Bethenny Frankel is lamenting her time on the famed "Real Housewives of New York" and claims the image that viewers saw of her on the reality show "became not who I really was anymore."
From Fox News ● Apr. 13, 2021
Here he is lamenting the “humiliation of the American male,” as evidenced by a dishwasher detergent ad.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016
In one of his essays he is lamenting the songlessness of modern life and suggests one or two chanties.
From G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study by Julius West
