Sentence examples similar to lamentable rise from inspiring English sources

It's a lamentable rate of failure.

There were lamentable failures in the subsequent US occupation, which allowed the rise of the hideous sectarian violence that threatened to tear the country to pieces.

Their rise and rise is both a response to the lamentable economics of Europe and - especially - the eurozone.

The public sector's share has been rising sharply, thanks to a mixture of deliberate policy choices and lamentable spending control.

"That would be lamentable".

They are lamentable.

This is lamentable".

That's lamentable".

It's lamentable".

"The result was lamentable.

Meanwhile, accountability remains lamentable.