Sentence examples similar to a lamentable plight from inspiring English sources

He will not bad-mouth the competition, the press, the City or remark upon the lamentable plight of high-street behemoths not in his control.

Some might dismiss their plight as a cause célèbre -- a lamentable but manageable tragedy in a region brimming with more serious problems, like stagnant economies, nuclear proliferation, and rivalries between Sunnis and Shi'is.

It is a "lamentable" story.

"It has been a lamentable incident.

It's a lamentable rate of failure.

A lamentable loss to a neighborhood?

Monstrous fellow who was bumped off in a lamentable fashion.

Bewailing for his lover with a lamentable whine.

And Germany's retail sector was in a lamentable state.

Max Hastings reckons he would have made a lamentable soldier.

Hence America's deficit is neither a "meaningless concept" nor a lamentable drain on world savings.