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deploring

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verb

present participle of deplore

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deploring
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Verb
  • Also, the episode opens with the introduction of Kaitlyn Dever’s Abby with a group of Fireflies, seemingly mourning the losses at the hospital where Joel murdered everyone to save Ellie.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The community is now mourning his loss.
    Jo Ciavaglia, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But by the summer of 2022, the couple started regretting their purchase.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The top reasons for regretting an EV purchase were the lack of charging infrastructure, battery degradation, long charging times, and limited driving range, according to American Trucks.
    Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Unlike most of his hardcore predecessors, Yates has a knack for mournful melodies, and a voice that may remind some older listeners of Perry Farrell, from Jane’s Addiction.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
  • Now comes their follow-up, with a soundalike title, but quite a different mood—more mournful, more anguished, more serious.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • The song’s beat is produced by New York musician Cash Cobain, and features DDG melodically lamenting over visitation restrictions.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Rodriguez rejected the characterization given at the news conference, particularly a remark lamenting that the maximum punishment for the 13-year-old would be an eight-month stay at a boys’ ranch.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Maliciously or willfully disturbing a funeral, memorial service, procession or burial ceremony. Threatening, quarreling or challenging to fight someone, or fighting.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 16 June 2025
  • Visitation will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. local time at the Springhill Cemetery in Madison, Tenn., while the funeral mass will be held at St. Joseph Church.
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 8 June 2025
Adjective
  • Once the game is over, pink soldiers approach Yong-sik to shoot him and ensure that he’s eliminated, despite Geum-ja’s heartbroken pleas.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • And before long, his pig is stolen, leaving him heartbroken.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Pashinyan was the focus of protests last year by tens of thousands of demonstrators after Armenia agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and to normalize relations between the neighbors and bitter rivals.
    Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • But the two mainstays of the game are far from bitter rivals.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
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“Deploring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deploring. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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