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
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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The idea of six-hour movies — which streaming invented and which critics like Kathryn and others bemoan as not being television — is also a different form, a hybrid of TV and movies.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Pointing out many errors in Mr. Cooper’s interpretations and the one-sidedness of his framing, Mr. von Sternberg bemoaned the lack of rigor in Mr. Cooper’s approach to sourcing.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
For decades, stunt performers have bemoaned a lack of recognition for dangling from buildings, walking through fire, and keeping totally chill while the facades of houses fell around them.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Things were not much better by January 1776, when Washington wrote a letter to a trusted officer bemoaning the lack of supplies.
—Mike Riggs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Pointing out many errors in Mr. Cooper’s interpretations and the one-sidedness of his framing, Mr. von Sternberg bemoaned the lack of rigor in Mr. Cooper’s approach to sourcing.
—Joseph Bernstein, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
For decades, stunt performers have bemoaned a lack of recognition for dangling from buildings, walking through fire, and keeping totally chill while the facades of houses fell around them.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2025
Things were not much better by January 1776, when Washington wrote a letter to a trusted officer bemoaning the lack of supplies.
—Mike Riggs, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemoan. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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bemoan
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be·moan
bi-ˈmōn 
: to express grief over
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