All 4 Uses of
lament
in
Hard Times
- It is lamentable to think of; but this restraint was the result of no arithmetical process, was self-imposed in defiance of all calculation, and went dead against any table of probabilities that any Actuary would have drawn up from the premises.†
Chpt 1.9
- He did believe it, as the noise without shook the window, rattled at the door below, and went about the house clamouring and lamenting.†
Chpt 1.13 *
- She broke into a passion of tears and lamentations: Stephen Blackpool was written in his own hand on the inside.†
Chpt 3.6
- Fresh lamentations from Louisa, and deeper affliction on Mr. Gradgrind's part, followed this desertion of them by their last friend.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(lament) to express grief or regret