Both Uses
lament
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- "It became a fight against the sea, the surf, the volcanic ash, and the Japanese, all joined in one colossal alliance against us," General Smith would lament in his memoirs.†
Chpt 8. *lament = express grief or regret
- In that oft-repeated lament, I believe, lay the key to the locked-up sorrows of Ira Hayes.†
Chpt 17.
Definitions:
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(lament) to express grief or regret
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(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.