as in to mourn
to feel or express sorrow for
he invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it
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Recent Examples of bewail
The grandmother would flee, and Billy would smite his chest and in Old Testament tones bewail his sinful life.
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Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Among progressives, the same people who bewail the influence of corporations on cultural and political life also propose to entrench the social role of big businesses by making individual Americans more dependent on them for everything from health care to retirement income.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021
Now Gove’s remark became the source of the ashen taste in the mouths of Remoaner metropolitan elites bewailing how provincial troglodytes, geriatrics, and Little Englanders had dashed their rationalist, internationalist dreams.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
Trump’s critics bewailed the outcome as a defeat and a betrayal of our Kurdish allies.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
Frequently bewailing the know-nothingness of the age, Davenport grouses that real scholarship has disappeared because of the vogue for critical approaches and appreciations.
—Michael Dirda, National Review, 25 July 2019
Understandably, promoters and artist representatives have long bewailed the enormous profits being made on the secondary market, which takes none of the risk and puts up none of the funding — and shares none of its profits — for major live events.
—Variety, The Mercury News, 24 July 2019
Across the country, North and South, Christians gathered in their churches to remember the crucifixion of Christ and to bewail their sins, which made such a sacrifice necessary.
—Jonathan Den Hartog, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
While progressives may cheer specific cases like Obergefell, recent years have seen them deliver numerous harsh assessments of the Supreme Court’s overall record, bewailing its interpretations of the Constitution that purportedly favor the wealthy.
—James W. Lucas, National Review, 8 Dec. 2017
Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
Among progressives, the same people who bewail the influence of corporations on cultural and political life also propose to entrench the social role of big businesses by making individual Americans more dependent on them for everything from health care to retirement income.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021
Now Gove’s remark became the source of the ashen taste in the mouths of Remoaner metropolitan elites bewailing how provincial troglodytes, geriatrics, and Little Englanders had dashed their rationalist, internationalist dreams.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 8 Apr. 2020
Trump’s critics bewailed the outcome as a defeat and a betrayal of our Kurdish allies.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
Frequently bewailing the know-nothingness of the age, Davenport grouses that real scholarship has disappeared because of the vogue for critical approaches and appreciations.
—Michael Dirda, National Review, 25 July 2019
Understandably, promoters and artist representatives have long bewailed the enormous profits being made on the secondary market, which takes none of the risk and puts up none of the funding — and shares none of its profits — for major live events.
—Variety, The Mercury News, 24 July 2019
Across the country, North and South, Christians gathered in their churches to remember the crucifixion of Christ and to bewail their sins, which made such a sacrifice necessary.
—Jonathan Den Hartog, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
While progressives may cheer specific cases like Obergefell, recent years have seen them deliver numerous harsh assessments of the Supreme Court’s overall record, bewailing its interpretations of the Constitution that purportedly favor the wealthy.
—James W. Lucas, National Review, 8 Dec. 2017
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