as in wail
a crying out in grief
there was a great lamentation on Wall Street when the government's latest unemployment figures were published
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Comparable tilts could be seen elsewhere, and great was the lamentation: What happened to progressivism?
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
This grubby but remarkable bird, badly in need of a bath and some peace, has a difficult time tuning out Earth’s perpetual chorus of lamentation.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2024
One of Franz Kafka’s characteristic lamentations of writer’s block, captured in a handwritten letter from a sanatorium, is heading to the auction block.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024
His emotional arc at the end of season one put him on a path of contemplative lamentation.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 8 Feb. 2024
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Noun
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Over the wail of the train’s brakes, a guitarist burst into song, his voice clear and mellow.Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
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Everything is quiet except the torturous, repetitive wail of the caller.Britta Lokting, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2024
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His sudden, tragic passing left thousands around the globe in mourning.Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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The photo depicts her in black mourning clothes, with a widow’s veil.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Murphy, in one notable section, laments, Tourism is intrinsically incompatible with travelling.Tyler Thier, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2024
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But where Knight of Cups often drifts along in a generalized fog of melancholy, Blanchett actually makes the film’s lament for shattered relationships and thwarted potential actually hurt.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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While on the court, there are more cries from the stands for Kai than Silver.Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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After laying on the horn for five straight seconds — a cry of frustration more than any conceivable call to action — the driver of a red pickup truck pulled a U-turn and retreated to the residential streets of Echo Park.Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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Goldberger's plaint is overstated.Michelle Goldberg, Star Tribune, 8 June 2021
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The finished song is desolate but resilient, a hell of a plaint.Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
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“Lamentation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentation. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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