The remainder of the narrative concerns her lamentable state in the present of the poem.

But when they first set foot in the loft three years ago, it had fallen into a lamentable state of disrepair.

It was necessary to prepare Catalonia's defenses, as they were still in a lamentable state.

All Vondervotteimittiss flew at once into a lamentable state of uproar.

There's no surprise about the main items on any new agenda -deficit reduction, lamentable state of public education.

Most of the station vehicles were in the same lamentable state as the grader.

He added: 'It reflects the lamentable state of affairs nationally.'

But such practices show something important about the lamentable state of much intellectual debate in the United States today.

We should not legitimize or accept this lamentable state of affairs in the directive on recognition.

It could use some creative ideas about improving the lamentable state of the public schools.