bemoan
verb (used with object)
to express distress or grief over; lament.
has bemoaned
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present perfectof bemoan (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For anyone who cares about video games as art and has bemoaned the ever-tightening corporate stranglehold over visual entertainment and its archives, Sony’s disc phaseout is an earth-shattering quake that’s not to be taken lightly.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Club chairman Fred Ridley has bemoaned how professional golf has become increasingly one-dimensional and dominated by long hitters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Liverpool boss Arne Slot has bemoaned his side's dead ball defending for much of the season.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
De Zerbi has bemoaned Brighton's reliance on youth recently, but 18-year-old Hinshelwood was superb at right-back and took his goal with aplomb.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
How many a preacher has bemoaned the enormous edifice over which what would normally be a large congregation has scattered in chilled and chilling solitude Sunday after Sunday!
From The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey
