Sentence examples for lamentable precedent from inspiring English sources

For me, a "sad good" is a very slippery slope that sets a lamentable precedent for opening the door for the more widespread "experimental killing" of barred owls and other species.

A "sad good" is a very slippery slope that sets a lamentable precedent for opening the door for the more widespread "experimental killing" of barred owls and other species just to see if it works.

In a lamentable 5-to-4 decision earlier this year, the Supreme Court discarded 50 years of legal precedent to make it significantly harder for Americans to assert their legal rights in federal court.

"That would be lamentable".

This is lamentable".

"The result was lamentable.

That's lamentable".

Meanwhile, accountability remains lamentable.

Lamentable hygiene standards.

It's lamentable".

It is a "lamentable" story.