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Recent Examples of lamentation This is a bleak model for those in lamentation over our current moment. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for lamentation
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Noun
  • One of three childhood friends reunited for an extravagant girl’s weekend, Laurie has contained a simmering sadness and rage since the first episode, when seeing her besties, Jaclyn and Kate, chatting and laughing sent her into a wail of despair.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Expect to hear the unmistakable wail of a vintage F1 car echoing across the speedway, the guttural roar of classic V8s ripping through gears, and the shriek of modern hypercars proving their worth on the track.
    Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But the central conceit is almost unspeakably moving in its deranged, borderline necrophiliac way (Cassel’s mourning mogul can’t bear the thought of not knowing what’s happening to his wife, even after death), and Cronenberg is savvy enough to spike his lament with a little self-critique.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Francis' funeral marks the beginning of a nine-day period of mourning called the Novemdiales, with special masses each day.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Deeply layered and emotionally charged, the work reads like a visual lament, for what’s been lost, what still remains, and the unresolved stories that continue to flow beneath the surface.
    Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Unfortunately, Curl laments they’re destined for the donation bin.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In any case, despite critics’ cries of greenwashing and corporate astroturfing, there is still value to these devices.
    Kat Merck, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • This tender and slow hour isn’t for the restless, but a cathartic cry waits for those who make it to the end.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This wry, lovelorn plaint is a cagey display of subtle dynamics and counterpoint on a lone electric guitar.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This wry, lovelorn plaint is a cagey display of subtle dynamics and counterpoint on a lone electric guitar.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Lamentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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