The reflection was a most simple one: I remarked the lamentable condition of my purse, and straightway was set to thinking.

He then returned to Ireland, where he set himself to the discovery of the ways and means for improving the lamentable condition of the agricultural classes.

Yet treating that lamentable condition by restricting up-close scrutiny of public affairs is a risky course and a most peculiar one for a journalist to recommend.

"You are aware of my present lamentable condition," said Dalamar, extending his hands to exhibit his ghostly form.

He urged the Congolese press to play up what he called "the misery and the lamentable condition of life in France."

Many children live in lamentable conditions in apartments for transients or in housing projects.

Despite that there is a lot of work to be done; there is no order, and no planning and the towns are in a lamentable condition.

The local peasant press was in a lamentable condition still.

I did so, at the same time taking occasion to express my sorrow at finding him in this lamentable condition.

Unfortunately, this document has reached us in a lamentable condition.