All 4 Uses of
lament
in
Killing Kennedy
- In February 1960, thirteen months after Castro seized power, a CIA briefing to the National Security Council warned of the Soviet Union's "active support" for Castro, while also lamenting the disorganization of anti-Castro forces.†
p. 49.1lamenting = expressing grief or regret
- "I'd rather be called an aggressor than a bum," JFK laments.†
p. 57.2 *laments = expresses grief or regret
- His one great lament is that his bad back prevents him from tossing young John into the air and catching him, a game the president's son loves.†
p. 105.9lament = express grief or regret
- "He was such a beautiful baby," the president laments to top aide Dave Powers.†
p. 197.8laments = expresses grief or regret
Definitions:
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(1)
(lament) to express grief or regret
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.