bemoan
verb (used with object)
to express distress or grief over; lament.
bemoaned
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past participleof bemoan.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof bemoan.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
bemoanverb (used with object)to express distress or grief over; lament.
Example Sentences
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De Zerbi bemoaned Tottenham's decision-making with Marmoush a culprit, blazing over in the second half with Andy Robertson on an overlap and Mohammed Kudus waiting for a far-post tap in.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
One artist bemoaned that she had to “flatten and suppress her real self” to engage her audience.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
I quit social media after visiting my college-aged daughter, who bemoaned the perception that young people are all anxious, isolated and socially stunted because of the stranglehold of social media and TikTok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some see a dark irony: Five years ago, an exasperated President Andrés Manuel López Obrador bemoaned that a corrupt customs regime had allowed organized crime to take over land and maritime ports of entry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
As Calixte had bemoaned, most of the theories were martial ones, involving conquest, weapons, and defense.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
