Sentence examples for was lament from inspiring English sources
noun
An expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.
His first hit song was "Lament to Love" recorded by Harry James.
There was lament at every stroke of every oar which dragged the virgin's barge downstream.
For months, all the two florists did was lament their plight, a situation repeated throughout the city.
All I could do was lament my immediate circumstance and wonder how my life had suddenly gone so terribly, terribly wrong.
Now, never mind that one of Obama's jobs since running for office has been Black Community Scold-in-Chief; one of the things the president also did was lament the absence of his father in his life and express his urge to "break the cycle where a father is not at home" – at the historically black Morehouse College.
And for all the team's star power in recent years — Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, Omar Gonzalez and David Beckham — there was lament among fans about losing Magee, who had scored six goals in the last 10 playoff games and had also cemented his cult hero status by filling in at goalie last season when the Galaxy lost its two keepers to injury and a red card.
Suddenly McEnroe was lamenting the traffic.
RECENTLY, an old friend was lamenting his thrift.
He was lamented as the missing candidate in 2010.
Her death was lamented in newspapers around the world; U.S. Pres.
Griffes's early death in 1920 was lamented by Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski and Sergei Prokofiev, among others.
