lamentation

• The Agnus Dei began in a spirit of pure lamentation, the mood changing bright optimism with the entry of the chorus. —  ABQnews Seeker Front Page
• The lamentations of a feline called out into the morning hours with a sense of loneliness and lamentation, a frightened cry cast upon the cool air. —  xenogere
• But they indeed, calling to mind, the one[794] wept copiously [for] man-slaughtering Hector, rolling [on the ground] before the feet of Achilles; but Achilles bewailed his father, and again in turn Patroclus; and their lamentation was aroused throughout the house. —  The Iliad of Homer (1873)
• In them there was lamentation, as was only too natural, but not a reproach, not a regret, not a word of recrimination. —  The Wrack of the Storm
• In his heart Father Roland whispered to himself that this change in David was like a conflagration, and he rejoiced without speaking, fearing that words might quench the effect of it David was looking at him as if he expected an answer What an accursed fool a man is to waste his soul and voice in lamentation--especially his voice," he went on harshly, his teeth gleaming for an instant in a bitter smile. —  The Courage of Marge O'Doone

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