lamentably

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lamentably The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 Our attorney general’s hyperbolic statements, lamentably, do little to help on that front. — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026 Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end. — Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentably
Adverb
  • Residential floor plans in 2026 are sadly lacking in laundry chutes, milk doors and dumbwaiters, but innovations in home efficiency continue to evolve.
    — Jenny Singer, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Obviously, sadly, there have been a couple of deaths on the way.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Breakfast is also served à la carte in the courtyard each morning, though note that the risotto is unfortunately not on the menu that early in the day.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Bad imitations eventually reduced molecular gastronomy to a punch line about foam, fog, and something unfortunately known as meat glue.
    — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • As one of the millions of parents around the world who have tragically and chokingly buried a child, I am stuck in time.
    — Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • His Lamborghini, tragically, has to make do with a $136,000 one.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Here, regrettably, is Jolly with its legs spread and waiting to receive.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, regrettably, the vents are aimed using the curved central touchscreen.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The latest chapter in a story that always ends unhappily ever after.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • As the Chiefs marched to a second straight Super Bowl championship and their third in five seasons, Toney watched unhappily.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Lamentably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentably. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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