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Recent Examples of lamentable The governance within the (Spanish) FA is absolutely lamentable. Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 15 July 2024 But there’s also 6 Souls, a lamentable 2013 horror movie starring Julianne Moore, in which the hollers hold real witches and their powerful curses reach far beyond the hills. Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024 Obama should support Modi’s efforts to push the Sri Lankan government on its lamentable human rights situation, guard against Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, and promote greater political stability in Nepal. Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014 The Peshmerga had a lamentable lack of heavy weapons at its disposal to defend its region against ISIS and eventually roll back much of the group’s enormous territorial conquests. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lamentable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamentable
Adjective
  • Prospective Xbox players can hear the final version of the haunting, mournful Atlamaha-ha piece in EW’s exclusive reveal of a live-action music video shot for South of Midnight.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In the mournful mid-section, keyboardist Rick Wakeman channels Bach on the pipe organ, recorded at a London church.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Because Indy has no knowledge of what is happening in the house, nor any awareness of what a haunted house even is in the first place, his reactions are scarier and more tragic than those of a human.
    Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The tragic crash led to the deaths of three soldiers who were aboard the helicopter, as well as all 60 passengers and four crew members on the commercial flight.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • On Monday evening, within hours of learning of the directive, some state workers called the order stupid and unfortunate.
    William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Christie suffered from acute seasickness, unfortunate considering her trips to each continent were by ship.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The record for the shortest Oscar-winning performance goes to Beatrice Straight, who played the heartbroken wife of a philandering TV station president in Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film Network.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article Skokie restaurateurs were left heartbroken on Valentine’s Day when a broken water main disaster in northeastern Skokie left the village without drinkable tap water from Feb. 14 through 16.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Now the family is grappling with funeral arrangements for the young woman.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Their son Donny attended to all of the funeral arrangements with the help of his wife Jan, a nurse, and his daughters Andrea and Alicia.
    Phil Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • If brewed too hot, the green tea will be bitter; some high-end Japanese green tea need temps as cool as 160ºF. If brewed too cool, the black teas will lack sweetness.
    Jesse Raub, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The stakes couldn't have been higher, and the atmosphere was electric as the two WWE Superstars prepared to finally settle their bitter grudge.
    Russ Weakland, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Police sad officers began providing aid to Mitchell, but medics later pronounced him dead at the scene.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Oklahoma represents the sad conclusion of the Trail of Tears, and Tulsa serves as the meeting point for tribal nations—the Osage, Muscogee, and Cherokee.
    Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025

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“Lamentable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamentable. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.

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