How to Use bemoan in a Sentence

bemoan

verb

• He bemoans the fact that the team lost again.
• Some critics are always bemoaning the state of the language.
• Ivey bemoaned the low bond amounts, noting they are set by the state.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 11 Apr. 2023
• That was Michael Moore bemoaning the state of the country.
  — Fox News, 30 June 2018
• One character bemoans the fact that there’s no more cheese in the world.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2017
• But only a fool laments the arrest of Lex Luthor or bemoans the demise of Joseph Goebbels.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 18 May 2017
• At the time, a critic for The Nation bemoaned how such a size dwarfed the acoustics.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
• Enjoy a win or bemoan a loss for one day, then move on to what’s next.
  — Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2021
• Others bemoan the loss of youth sports and long for the day our kids can play soccer again.
  — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
• Once again, Bill Gates has bemoaned the creation of the ctrl-alt-del shortcut.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2017
• Or the Giants and Mets will bemoan the loss of a true franchise player.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• And fast-food lovers bemoan steep prices for a Big Mac combo.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
• While some people love the daylight at the end of the day as the weather warms, others bemoan the loss of an hour's sleep.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
• That might seem like quite a statement from a guy who once bemoaned touring in the Yuck days.
  — John Norris, Billboard, 4 May 2018
• Yang then bemoaned how people shoot lasers at him and hide their kids.
  — Anne McCarthy, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
• Gordy used to bemoan his mediocre dancing because the good dancers seemed to get the girls.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
• Izzo has been known to bemoan the loss of players to injury.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 9 Feb. 2020
• Rather to bemoan the loss of Tiger Woods than to lament the inclusion of politics.
  — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
• Others bemoaned the health of their poor, poor plumbing.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 17 Mar. 2017
• For once, a bat mitzvah wasn’t something to be mocked, or eye-rolled, or bemoaned.
  — Jonah Platt, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Tens of millions were left to marvel at — or bemoan — the water’s force.
  — Barbara Fraser, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
• The characters, most of whom have been living on the North Shore for years if not decades, bemoan the changing times.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
• One of the neighborhood’s last wild tracts had just sold, a fact Dad was bemoaning.
  — Will Bahr, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
• It’s gone well enough for Bay FC’s coach to bemoan the timing of his club’s impending pause.
  — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
• Both my husband and daughter bemoaned the loss of our peaceful evening.
  — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
• In his speech, Flake bemoaned the takeover of his party by angry populists.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 25 Oct. 2017
• There also have been a flood of queries to experts, who bemoan the killing of helpful bees, wasps, and hornets.
  — National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2020
• For the past several weeks, coach Gregg Popovich has bemoaned a slippage in the Spurs’ defense.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
• These factions would seem to be holiday rivals of a sort, like people who can’t get enough of all Christmas and the camp bemoaning its commercialism.
  — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025
• While many in the industry bemoan evolving climate patterns, Stynes sees the shift in weather as an opportunity to be more creative.
  — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2025