Sentence examples for bewails from inspiring English sources

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bewails

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Third person singular of bewail

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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?

Mr Kuhn bewails the fact that companies increasingly buy their executive education through purchasing organisations, which treat it like any old commodity and demand complicated contracts with lots of targets and conditions.

The 5th-century tyrant Hiero bewails the unpleasantness of his situation, prompting the praise-poet Simonides to suggest that things could improve if Hiero were to adopt some recognizably Xenophontic leadership principles and become a benevolent and much-loved autocrat.

The crowd bewails the loss of their generous-hearted governor as Renato is consumed by remorse.

Law brings a special intensity to the "ceremony" speech in which Henry bewails the insomniac human cost of kingship.

Tom Bissell, in his recent book "Extra Lives," bewails the "lobotomized Shakespeare" and absurd techno-jargon in which most game-narratives take place.

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'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'.

Its foes rejoice; its allies bewail their perceived abandonment.Iraq's leader, Nuri al-Maliki, is chummier with Iran than America.

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.

Recent books on oil have bewailed the threat.

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