Sentence examples for a lamentable fact from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a lamentable fact" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to express regret or disappointment about a particular situation or reality. Example: "It is a lamentable fact that many people still lack access to clean drinking water."

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IT IS a lamentable fact that even the best men do ugly things in war.

The numbers are proof not of racism but of a lamentable fact: Black and Hispanic men are disproportionately stopped because they are disproportionally the perpetrators of gun crime.

"It is a lamentable fact but an unavoidable truth that Australia at the moment needs the protection of its intelligence services, perhaps as never before.

It is a lamentable fact that he never completed his autobiography, to be titled How Many Of You Are There In The Quartet? Joe Morello was a complete master of the time signature games  and was one of the most gifted small group drummers of the time, thoughlosing his sight was a great handicap to him.

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It has become a recent, lamentable fact of American civic culture that some of our finest public officials find themselves, like many of their constituents, contemplating the jobless rolls.

Both plays accept as a natural (if lamentable) fact of contemporary culture that people with limited opportunities to better their lives will settle for the temporary release that intoxicants can provide, ignoring the more destructive consequences until their capacities give out or the law catches up with them.

As the Times of India put it mere days ago, "It is a known and lamentable fact that India, the world's second most populous nation, has the worst Olympic record in terms of medals per head.

Recently, I listened to my learned friend give a lecture about the lamentable fact that the military had to overthrow an elected government in Egypt, but again, he confidently asserted that it was necessary to avert a geo-political disaster.

What was clear to any spectator was that the only link binding her to either parent was this lamentable fact of her being a ready vessel for bitterness, a deep little porcelain cup in which biting acids could be mixed.

The lamentable fact that neither Obama nor Romney mentioned a single word about climate change during the presidential debates or during their campaigns.

Nothing can be done about this lamentable fact retroactively; fabricating fame for women whose names have not resonated down the ages is patronizing and paternalistic.

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