wailed (for)

verb

Definition of wailed (for)next
past tense of wail (for)
as in mourned
to feel or express sorrow for her grandfather asked her not to wail for him, saying that he had had a good life and was at peace

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  1. mourned
  2. lamented
  3. regretted
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  • Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
    Josef Federman and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • And yet, 32 games later, the transaction is barely mourned and hardly mentioned.
    John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of mourned
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  • President Joe Biden lamented the attack in a statement released Saturday.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In an interview with state reporters Friday, Mora again lamented the intersection of the portal, postseason games and the academic calendar that puts players in this position.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of lamented
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  • Walsh immediately regretted his decision.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In 2023, a Pew Research Center survey of 8,480 adults who had gotten tattoos found that 24 percent of respondents regretted getting one or more of their inkings.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of regretted
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