bemoaned; bemoaning; bemoans
1
: to express deep grief or distress over
bemoan the death of their leader
2
: to regard with displeasure, disapproval, or regret
bemoaning the lack of civility in modern political discourse
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Examples of bemoan in a Sentence
He bemoans the fact that the team lost again.
an article bemoaning the decline in voter turnout
Some critics are always bemoaning the state of the language.
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Literary purists bemoan the transformation of authors into content creators, arguing that time spent crafting clever tweets is time stolen from crafting sentences.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
The positional indiscipline Amorim bemoaned first came to the fore in the 89th minute.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
In an interview when the film was coming out, Linklater lightly bemoaned the fact that even though it was being released by the studio subsidiary then known as Fox Searchlight, such a willfully weird movie was still going to have to battle it out at the box office.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The Knicks also beat Milwaukee, 116-94, at the Garden in November, and afterward, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo bemoaned his team’s lack of effort.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
The positional indiscipline Amorim bemoaned first came to the fore in the 89th minute.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
In an interview when the film was coming out, Linklater lightly bemoaned the fact that even though it was being released by the studio subsidiary then known as Fox Searchlight, such a willfully weird movie was still going to have to battle it out at the box office.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The Knicks also beat Milwaukee, 116-94, at the Garden in November, and afterward, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo bemoaned his team’s lack of effort.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemoan. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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bemoan
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be·moan
bi-ˈmōn 
: to express grief over
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