Example Sentences

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Just two years ago, Draper was lamenting being known as "the guy who got injured all the time".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

NIH’s acting director, Lawrence Tabak, was lamenting the lack of a permanent NIH chief since geneticist Francis Collins stepped down in December 2021 after 12 years at the helm.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 21, 2023

Waiting for an event to start in Boston recently, I couldn’t help but overhear the conversation behind me in which a woman was lamenting that her portfolio was down $50,000.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

He wasn’t sleeping well but said he felt fine, and was lamenting having to stay indoors wearing a mask around the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Peter Tatakis was lamenting the fact that he would never have a widow to mourn his death.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides