bemoan

Example Sentences

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Around the same time Andrew appeared to bemoan life in damp Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

He went on to bemoan the emphasis on the coverage of polls in campaigns.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

Talk to most people these days, whether they are inside or outside of politics, and you will hear people bemoan their plight, saying how exhausted they are.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2024

As studios and exhibitors bemoan audiences’ slow return to movie theaters since the pandemic, Imax has been one of the few bright spots.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

You won’t have anything else here.” and having delivered her defiance all on one breath, Meg cast away her pinafore and precipitately left the field to bemoan herself in her own room.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott