'bewail' is a correct and usable word in written English
It means to express great sorrow, grief, or disappointment over something. Example: The villagers gathered around the burnt remains of their homes and bewailed their losses, mourning the destruction of everything they had worked hard for.
Its foes rejoice; its allies bewail their perceived abandonment.Iraq's leader, Nuri al-Maliki, is chummier with Iran than America.
Poland used to bewail its many enemies, squeezed between a mercantalist Germany and a revisionist Russia, with America faraway and the EU rigged against it.
When Britain got the go-ahead this week to extradite five alleged terrorists to America among them the hook-handed cleric, Abu Hamza the reaction in some quarters was one of pleased disbelief.For those who bewail Britain's loss of sovereignty in various directions, mainly European ones, this offshoot of the 47-member Council of Europe is a lightning rod for discontent.
But he refuses to buckle, to bewail his fortunes.
Please continue your reporting on the economy, but leave analysis on race to those with actual expertise and background in such matters.Khadijah White PhiladelphiaSIR – The opportunity to yet again bewail the disappearance of the "real" John McCain was obviously too good for you to pass up.
AN ADDICTION to short-term financial results was one of the flaws in American capitalism that Sony's co-founder, Akio Morita, used to bewail.
'You don't make many friends as a Lycra Lout, cycling aggressively across London,' chunters the city's paper, the Evening Standard, bewailing 'that aggressive breed of rampaging cyclist who will apparently take any risk to beat the traffic'.
Having fallen prey this week to what presents itself as a popular revolt but looks much like an old-fashioned coup, Mr Nasheed, known by his nickname "Anni", is back in a familiar predicament, as a beleaguered activist bewailing the injustice of Maldivian politics.He relinquished his presidency in a brief press conference on February 7th a performance forced on him at gunpoint, he later said.
Employers have bewailed the growing regulation of the American workplace.Despite the three decisions this week, the expansion of protections is not over yet.
An unelected politician bewails the vote of a democratic country, but refuses to do the one thing that would immediately give legitimacy to his position and guarantee that citizens would reconnect with the EU: accept the referendum result.James NobleOxfordSIR – Your article on the European Commission's quest for public understanding was jokingly headlined "Heart attack?
Recent books on oil have bewailed the threat.
