lament over
lament over (someone or something)
To grieve for someone or something; to be full of sorrow because of someone or something. I know you miss him, but you need to stop lamenting over Jonathan and start living your life again. People lamenting over the results of the election need to get ahold of themselves. This is not the end of the world as we know it.
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lament over someone or something
and lament (for) someone or somethingto sorrow over someone or something. There is no need to lament over Sam. There is nothing that crying will do for him now. She is still lamenting for her cat.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Once one has experienced the forgiveness of sin and salvation through Christ--with the assurance of a glorious life after death by the resurrection of Jesus--there is little reason to
lament over the pain and suffering that one must endure in this world.
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