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- noun Plural form of
lament .
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Examples
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McCain laments that all anyone wanted to talk about on the tour for her book, "Dirty Sexy Politics," was Palin.
Meghan McCain's Palin problem Jonathan Capehart 2010
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This whole episode reminds me of a poem we did at primary school called The Twins by Henry S Leigh where the hapless twin laments, … I put the question fruitlessly to everyone I knew.
Global Voices in English » South Africa: Is Caster Semenye a man or a woman? 2009
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
Archive 2004-01-01 M-mv 2004
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
The recommended daily allowance M-mv 2004
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
01.04 M-mv 2004
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
01.04 M-mv 2004
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
12.03 M-mv 2003
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
12.03 M-mv 2003
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"Why," Epstein laments, "cannot I, even so late in the day, grow into one of those admirable fellows — reasonable, tolerant, generous-spirited, honorable — that Jefferson called 'natural aristocrats' and that a liberal arts education is supposed to form but almost never does?"
12.03 M-mv 2003
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Yezeed's army appears, his general makes a speech, Imām Hoossein laments his pathetic fate; he then goes out to fight, and returns, himself and his horse covered with arrows.
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