Sentence examples for lamentable fire from inspiring English sources

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On 3 September 1666 the London Gazette just found room to add one paragraph of breaking news: a "sudden lamentable fire" was blazing in London, having broken out in the small hours of Sunday morning.

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The armies of angels he summons aren't going to materialise, and urging his wife at their final meeting that she should sit by the fire and tell "the lamentable tale of me" is an ego trip too far.

But, as bad as the decision to fire Comey was, and as lamentable as Trump's attempted defenestration of Sessions is, the President may be heading toward even more dramatic departures from American norms in the near future.

Last month she infuriated Latvia's judges with an attack on the lamentable state of justice.

Spanish scientists this week wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to protest the closure of the ministry of science and the "lamentable and shameful spectacle" of leading scientists being fired from research institutions because of budget cuts.

Some 150 Bush administration officials were graduates of Pat Robertson's Regent University, including Monica Goodling, who put on such a lamentable performance before a House inquiry into the firing of nine US attorneys.

Chelsea's first-half display was lamentable but they did create an early opportunity when Juan Mata fired across the face of goal, while large sections of the Stamford Bridge crowd thought they had taken the lead when Didier Drogba's free-kick hit the side-netting.

You guys are so lucky!" It's true: whatever the lamentable state of London Fashion Week, the British high street is on fire.

The inquiry into the fatal fire on RAF Nimrod XV230, chaired by the lawyer Charles hasdon-Cave, hascrupulouslyly uncovered a lamentable trail of avoidable error that culminated in the deaths of 14 servicemen in Afghanistan on 2 September 2006.

But Mr Gonzales' own performance under congressional grilling has been so lamentable that few imagine he can survive.Mr Gonzales is at the front of the firing line; indeed, some suspect, he is already being lined up as the next casualty, following Donald Rumsfeld, John Bolton and Lewis Libby, three hawks who have all lost their jobs in the past few months.

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