lamenting
present participle oflament
| 单词 | lamenting |
| 释义 | lamenting present participle oflament lament verb[IorT] uk/ləˈment/us/ləˈment/toexpresssadnessandfeelingsorryabout something: Thepoemopensby lamenting(over)thedeathof ayoungman. Mygrandmother, asusual, lamented thedeclineinmoralstandardsin today'ssociety. Thelatelamented(=deadandrememberedwithlove)Frank Giotto used tolivehere. Synonyms bemoanformal bewailliterary Compare keenverbliterary Sadness and regret
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Remembering people who have died Examplesoflamentinglamenting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But we do not hear judgeslamentinghow the formal law restricted them from acting to help families. From theCambridge English Corpus Every production featured alamentingwoman whose fate elicited tears from female audience members. From theCambridge English Corpus The live presence of the ingrates and, in particular, thelamentingsoul, renders the love object palpably present. From theCambridge English Corpus It may wonder why so many care staff remain working in such difficult circumstances for so long, instead oflamentingthe high turnover of staff. From theCambridge English Corpus He waslamentingand wandering around in a distressed and stunned state. From theCambridge English Corpus I laughed amidlamenting, sported amid my weeping. From theCambridge English Corpus Several works in the programme are associated with bereavement or remembrance, and theirlamentingtugs with an aching authenticity. From theCambridge English Corpus If the semitone figure is stereotypical in its depiction of alamentingsigh, then the scale spanning a tritone serves as the archetypal musical marker of the diabolical. From theCambridge English Corpus These writers are representative of a wide discussion of the perceivedly parlous state of church psalmody and sight singing but, despite muchlamenting, few specific solutions were offered. From theCambridge English Corpus Babbitt waslamentinghow the 'general public is largely unaware and uninterested in' contemporary music. From theCambridge English Corpus Medora does not suppress her feelings: she spends her timelamentingin a tower, waiting for her lover to return. From theCambridge English Corpus Reflecting on a flute sound ' devoid of expression', he contemplates the possibility that the flutist, unlike thelamentingclarinettist, or the soulful violinist, routinely plays dead. From theCambridge English Corpus Alamentingtheme for keening oboes framed more flowing material, where a dream-like atmosphere was occasionally interrupted by the intervention of a 'garden gate' type bell. From theCambridge English Corpus With alamentingvoice, they tell a story full of painful, sudden reversals of fortune, and if one didn't interrupt them, it would seem that their story would never end. From theCambridge English Corpus Lewy'slamentingof missing originals would be a concern of any objective scholar. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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