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Meanings of lamenting in English
Synonyms
Examples for "wailing"
Examples for "wailing"
1
A bell tolled; in the distance we heard the wailing of women.
2
Sirens were wailing loudly; it was a very dramatic scene, she said.
3
Somewhere in the depths of the great house, a thin wailing began.
4
He was passing in the street and had heard the wailing cry.
5
Closer was the wailing; again that faint tremor quivered over the place.
1
Mr. Durance had prophesied a wailful end ever to the carol of Optimists!
2
All at once a wailful sound arose in his head.
3
Then they sang a most wailful tune, and John prayed.
4
A wailful host were the wives of his raftsmen widowed there by her watery music!
5
The battle was ending without even the poor pomp and circumstance of torn banners and wailful music.
Usage of lamenting in English
1
Network partners are already lamenting the possible loss of important research data.
2
Sebastian writes to Charles on black-edged mourning paper, lamenting his lost innocence.
3
Murray released a statement on Instagram, lamenting his plight in emotive terms.
4
The rest did not notice her going; they were too busy lamenting.
5
And so she went on crying, and lamenting in the deepest grief.
6
And Alenoushka, lamenting, answered the lamb from the bottom of the river:-
7
Wherever there were Jews, they passed the night in weeping and lamenting.
8
Truly, something is being lost, and perhaps it is something worth lamenting.
9
Walker began her missive by lamenting the corporatization of the powerful moment.
10
Those feelings deep inside my breast were not only lamenting, you see.
11
The bereaved mother fell upon her knees and kissed the spot, lamenting.
12
As Ingeborg, lamenting his fierce pugnacity, and yet glorying in it, says:
13
He left the house, and the women encircled Polyxena, weeping and lamenting.
14
By Wednesday he was lamenting not having watched the teenage activist's speech.
15
She was here not five minutes ago, lamenting the loss of it.
16
And when all the company saw this, they began wailing and lamenting.
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Lamenting through the time
Lamenting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common