bemoan
verb (used with object)
to express distress or grief over; lament.
bemoans
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present tense formof bemoan (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She's having to rely on her parents to help out, but bemoans the need for them to do so.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Glenn Whipp bemoans the unlikelihood of Daniel Craig earning an acting nod as sly sleuth Benoit Blanc.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
Wall Street bemoans Mamdani’s win, Trump threatens Jay Powell again, and the Bezos-Sanchez wedding is flashy and splashy.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2025
She bemoans that she had to pay for her interpreter to manage treatment.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
He falls; he fills the house with heavy groans, Implores their pity, and his pain bemoans.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
