How to Use Lamentations in a Sentence

Lamentations

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• Another would connect a reading from the Book of Lamentations and its themes of the destruction of Jerusalem with readings about the Holocaust.
  — ABC News, 24 June 2026
• And indeed, after Lamentations, Barham turned to a new producer — Brad Cook — for 2022’s Chicamacomico.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
• Until Jennings produced Aquarium’s 2020 record Lamentations, Barham believed the way to avoid complacency in the studio was to change producers for each record.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2026
• Other selections include the Parable of the Prodigal Son and readings from Job, Ecclesiastes, Psalms and Lamentations, according to reporting by The Texas Tribune.
  — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
• The previous two Jennings collaborations — 2024’s The Fear of Standing Still and 2020’s Lamentations — are two of Barham’s personal favorites in his entire catalog.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
• What can be dizzying about the collection is the way traditional themes of Yiddish song and Hebrew liturgy — lyrics of resilience in the face of persecution, prayers of consolation for the brokenhearted, Lamentations read on Tisha B’Av — are recast with the Palestinians as their protagonists.
  — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025