LAMENT in a Sentence
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107 example sentences for LAMENT, such as:
1. We lamented over our bad luck.
2. He composed a lament to the dead soldier.
3. Ken began to lament the death of his only son.
4. The poem opens by lamenting the death of a young man.
5. The nation lamented the death of its great war leader.
2. He composed a lament to the dead soldier.
3. Ken began to lament the death of his only son.
4. The poem opens by lamenting the death of a young man.
5. The nation lamented the death of its great war leader.
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Meanings and Examples of LAMENT
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lament
n. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
n. a cry of sorrow and grief
Classic Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1 There was a queer smile about Mr. Brooke's mouth as he opened at poor Mary's lament.
2 And Mr. Brooke looked so contented and cheerful that Meg was ashamed to lament her hard lot.
3 The fever flush and the look of pain were gone, and the beloved little face looked so pale and peaceful in its utter repose that Jo felt no desire to weep or to lament.
4 After breakfast, the girls walked to Meryton to inquire if Mr. Wickham were returned, and to lament over his absence from the Netherfield ball.
5 For himself, he grew desperate: his sorrow was of that kind that will not lament.
6 "But it is only the Wetheralls and Carry," she resumed, with a fresh note of lament.
7 With loud lament the parents saw their child borne out of sight over the wide waters.
8 Jimmy, I sat right down on that bank beside her and made lament.
9 I have no father to expect me, and but few friends to lament a fate which I have courted with the insatiable longings of youth after distinction.
10 'The path of my departure was free,' and there was none to lament my annihilation.
11 You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed, you sit among the ruins and lament the fall.
12 I take off my ring, I wear my worst clothes, I use no bear's grease, and I frequently lament over the late Miss Larkins's faded flower.
13 I mean to be too rich to lament or to feel anything of the sort.
14 It was bad, very bad in me against such a creature; but I did not know her then; and she shall have no reason to lament the hour that first put it into my head.
15 To talk over the dreadful business with Fanny, talk and lament, was all Lady Bertram's consolation.
Example Sentence:
1 He composed a lament to the dead soldier.
2 Ken began to lament the death of his only son.
3 Even advocates of the war lament the loss of so many lives in combat.
4 We lamented over our bad luck.
5 The nation lamented the death of its great war leader.
6 It is lamentable that the officer failed to deal with the situation.
7 He found the doleful lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as he could.
8 For all the lamentations that schools do not teach the game, it is still played in some areas.
9 She's always lamenting the lack of sports facilities in town.
10 The poem opens by lamenting the death of a young man.
11 With even Mr. Maduro lamenting the tragedy during a speech on national TV, the young woman's death has resonated in part because she was a pageant winner in a country that has long prized its production of more Miss Universe winners than any other country.
12 Through the total fading away and extinction of craving, decay and death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, grief, and despair are extinguished.