0 past simple and past participle of lament
It is to be hoped that his lamented death did not occur too soon for him to leave his mark on the second volume.
She lamented that she had not had much leisure time when she was younger.
Merchants lamented that underpopulation precluded genuine development of abundant resources, leaving the colonies with ' treasures that we cannot cultivate due to the absence of labour'.
But that is a symptom of the vitality of the field and is surely something to be welcomed rather than lamented.
They lamented the demise of baroque bel canto and of the castrato's voice.
Another manager in a bottling company lamented that poor wages caused workers to resign at a rate of 40 per cent annually.
They lamented lack of time for research and fieldwork.
The poet lamented the administration's lack of sartorial wisdom.
