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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Sheinbaum regularly bemoans what she views as “fake news” maligning her leadership.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
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
We see that there is really no standing ground in any country for the panic-monger who bemoans the fall of the birth-rate and storms against small families.
From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
