All 4 Uses
lament
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Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
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- Book of Lamentations, Mary 13:1†
p. 87.7lamentations = passionate expressions of grief or sorrow
- "And so after years of tribulation and pain, she walked in righteousness and peace until the end of her days" (Book of Lamentations, Mary 13:1).†
p. 88.9
- And the Book of Lamentations is all about the dangers of deliria.†
p. 88.9
- And if there were people who died on the operating table, they died for a good cause, and no one can lament them.... —From "The Miracle Years: The Early Science of the Cure," A Brief History of the United States of America, by E. D. Thompson, p. 87†
p. 198.6 *lament = express 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) 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.