Sentence examples for he was lamenting from inspiring English sources

Hume realized that, against his usual instincts, he was lamenting the site's lack of introduced species.

"On a three-day trip, you ate at Olive Garden twice!" It wasn't the cost he was lamenting; it was my apparent lack of culinary adventure.

He was lamenting that, since the Stedelijk Museum closed for renovation, there are very few places where contemporary art can be displayed.

On this night, however, he was lamenting the closing of a popular Hell's Kitchen bar by showing a video documentary, complete with an appearance by the owner.

He was lamenting the momentum for a ban on kayaks at Steamer Lane ("The city seems to be tilting that way," he said) when a surfer friend wandered into his shop and into the conversation.

Brian Burke, the G.M. of the Toronto Maple Leafs, complained, in January, "the rats are taking over the game," and he wasn't talking about goons; he was lamenting the fact that, under the current conditions of the game, he had to cut one from his roster to remain competitive.

He was lamented as the missing candidate in 2010.

The critic Robert Brustein lamented the end of culture (he is lamenting it still).

When he shows rank upon rank of library users staring at screens, he is lamenting nothing.

But it does not just seem to be a goal he's lamenting.

Three pages later, he is lamenting that the president has "led his party to the brink of disaster".