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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He bemoans a world of “online shopping reviews,” where “five stars has come to mean the baseline, rather than outstanding,” and so insists on panning almost everything he sees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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
He is absolutely not on his own but when Amorim bemoans a failure of his side to score, Garnacho is at least partly responsible.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
She bemoans that she had to pay for her interpreter to manage treatment.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
With bleeding heart he goes agen85 To mark the maiden's groans; And plainly hears, within the den, How she herself bemoans.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
