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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Recent Examples of lamentation
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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentation
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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The legend Quincy Jones has left the world in mourning.Elizabeth Ayoola and Dominique Fluker, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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This communal moment of mourning and remembering helped heal some of my wounds.Grecia Huesca Dominguez, refinery29.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Many lament that the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or is now comprised of players who aren't mavericks or 'ballers' but stars whose genius is excelling or dominating a particular system.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Without striving to be such a thing, 3 Women is a generational lament, one of the richest of the ’70s dramas, and one of the best portraits of depressive self-destruction since Bobby Dupea in Five Easy Pieces (the role that made Nicholson a superstar).Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 July 2024
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All last offseason, the cries that the Dodgers were buying a World Series championship rang out.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Republicans have previously tried to invoke sympathy for animals as a rallying cry against the government, spreading the false story that Haitian immigrants in Ohio eat dogs and cats.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 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 28 Nov. 2024.
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