| He deplored the inelegant roughness and dull hilarity of their conversation. |
| A young lieutenant general named Eisenhower deplored the effectiveness of junior leaders earmarked to invade North Africa. |
| They deplored the Church's rich landholdings and its role in temporal affairs. |
| He deplored the fact that the factory was started up at night and was going at full blast. |
| The statement that they had not left the meeting but left to attend to other business was deplored as a perversion of the facts. |
| Such disgraceful conduct should be deplored at this or at any level and should be speedily rooted out. |
