a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
Used in a Sentence
lamentation
How to use lamentation in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lamentation.
Editorial note
The other day I was reading a lamentation about the rise of team sports for kids.
Examples16
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lamentation gathered in one view.
the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lamentation.
noun
a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
noun
the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
See also: mourning
Example sentences
The other day I was reading a lamentation about the rise of team sports for kids.
To crush the middlemen, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their lawyers.
To Crush your enemies, see them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their woman!
It's the same nostalgic lamentation that everyone has been telling for thousands of years.
I'm not sure that the argument is the important part of this article; a lot of it was about lamentation.
"Wolfram Alpha: "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
This took much of the market by surprise, with many a lamentation heard from manufacturers of Tech I goods.
What is best in life?To derail your threads, to see their context driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their moderators!
Bound by a fetter of views, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is not freed from birth, aging, & death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair.
I'm sure people living in third world countries would love to have the luxury to experience lamentation about which lucrative business choices a bunch of first worlders are making.
I'd love to live in a world where winning arguments are met with seeing your enemies driven before you and the lamentation of the womenfolk instead of moving goalposts but here we are.
The response was more in regards to the grand-OP's desire for a lower level extensible runtime and lamentation about plugins, more than a comparison to standards now that I think about it.
They are very willing to let other people pioneer a category and prove the market before coming in to crush their competitors, drive their executives before them, and hear the lamentation of their women.
Between this lamentation and Raganwald's lamentation, me thinks two should at least get together to solve diabetes or some other problem where your domain expertise and his software development expertise can be combined.
[OT lamentation ahead] Unfortunately, in my experience, employers don't seem to value this activity--at least I tend not to impress them as a confident person who will passionately defend his answers until shown wrong.
But if OpenSSL is so critical to your privacy, security and business, where were your contributions to writing those tests and code reviews?I don't mean that every developer must contribute code to be allowed to have an opinion - but most of the lamentation at "what the OpenSSL team should have done" never considers who exactly should be spending time or money on this extra effort.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lamentation in a sentence?
The other day I was reading a lamentation about the rise of team sports for kids.
What does lamentation mean?
a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
What part of speech is lamentation?
lamentation is commonly used as noun.