Both Uses
lament
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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- The clock had just struck midnight and Cinderella was lamenting 'Goodness me, the clock has struck —Alackaday, and fuck my luck.'†
Chpt 5lamenting = expressing grief or regret
- He wondered what tragedy so many had found to lament out of doors.
Chpt 5 *lament = grieve (or express grief about)
Definitions:
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(1)
(lament) to express grief or regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Although lament typically refers to a feeling or simple vocal expression, it can refer to a vocal expression as complex as a sad song or poem. It can even refer to sad, but non-vocal music -- as when Tennessee Williams references background music in A Streetcar Named Desire.