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Recent Examples of lamentation One third of the way into Katie Kitamura’s 2017 novel, A Separation, its narrator asks an elderly Greek woman to demonstrate a traditional funeral lamentation. Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025 There have been lamentations about the end of an era and anxiety in the fan and creative communities about the risk of over-exploitation of the British super-spy. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2025 The van pulled into the street, and the crowd followed, muttering lamentations. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 This is a bleak model for those in lamentation over our current moment. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lamentation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentation
Noun
  • After about seven minutes — and two more rounds of Narcan — the wail of sirens are finally heard.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
  • The driving force at the center of almost all the show’s best numbers is Webb’s voice, which is a marvelous instrument for this music, equally capable of delivering touching tenderness or a velvety wail of triumphant transcendence.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Filatov declared Wednesday to be an official day of mourning.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
  • Muharram, a sacred month of mourning for Shia Muslims, is believed to be around the corner.
    Chelsea Chan, NBC news, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • This is a lament for something that is out of reach, almost strange to the narrator.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • Instead, Nick takes a seat next to Joseph and laments not listening to June, who told him so long ago to quit all this.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Whatever happened to the political left’s cry that no one is above the law?
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
  • Domestic ducks and roof-nesting jackdaws head for the eaves and flap their wings, and the heron’s sharp cry trails off on the waves.
    Aratus, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • But Barham plays the role both for plaints and for boasts.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Gay’s plaint is a variation of the good speakers are born belief.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

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“Lamentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentation. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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