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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After decades of hearing Americans bemoan the Europeans having all these form-agnostic killers like Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood who win no matter what, now the U.S. has the best cup player of the 2020s and is nitpicking him?
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Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Investors have long bemoaned weak levels of retail investment in U.K. markets, with the London Stock Exchange itself taking steps to boost participation in recent years, such as removing fees for access to real-time market data.
—Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 July 2025
Generally, the suit bemoans the loss of the partnership that was established with former PVH CEO Manny Chirico and cumulatively produced $16 billion in North American wholesale sales.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
Friends, in particular, should appeal to all the Netflix subscribers who bemoaned the loss of the show.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
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Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Investors have long bemoaned weak levels of retail investment in U.K. markets, with the London Stock Exchange itself taking steps to boost participation in recent years, such as removing fees for access to real-time market data.
—Ganesh Rao,jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 July 2025
Generally, the suit bemoans the loss of the partnership that was established with former PVH CEO Manny Chirico and cumulatively produced $16 billion in North American wholesale sales.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 21 July 2025
Friends, in particular, should appeal to all the Netflix subscribers who bemoaned the loss of the show.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
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“Bemoan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemoan. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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bemoan
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be·moan
bi-ˈmōn 
: to express grief over
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