were lamenting
- past progressive of lament.
Example Sentences
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When I left for a brief August vacation, media watchers were lamenting the departures of industry reporters Brian Stelter from CNN and Margaret Sullivan from The Washington Post.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
“We were lamenting how so many of these variety shows, comedy shows — certainly magic shows — are all dominated by cis, straight, white men,” Lambert says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
Ahead of the bracket reveal last week, bracketologists of all backgrounds were lamenting the difficulty of predicting this year’s field, the overall parity, the preponderance of bubble teams, and the late nights pouring over spreadsheets.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018
Meanwhile, on 4chan, where the whole saga started, while some users continued to promote the rumours, others were lamenting what had happened.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2016
My parents were lamenting that they hadn’t seen Willow and Henry and the baby in months.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
