All 4 Uses
lament
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Pudd'nhead Wilson
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- He tottered to his secretary in the corner, repeated that lament again and again in heartbreaking tones, and got out of a drawer a paper, which he slowly tore to bits, scattering the bits absently in his track as he walked up and down the room, still grieving and lamenting.†
Chpt 12lament = express grief or regret
- He tottered to his secretary in the corner, repeated that lament again and again in heartbreaking tones, and got out of a drawer a paper, which he slowly tore to bits, scattering the bits absently in his track as he walked up and down the room, still grieving and lamenting.†
Chpt 12lamenting = expressing grief or regret
- His joy collapsed utterly, and he turned away and moped toward the door moaning and lamenting over the bitterness of his luck.†
Chpt 14 *
- They were uttered lamentingly, rather than angrily.†
Chpt 18lamentingly = in a manner that expresses grief or regret
Definitions:
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(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.