bemoan

Example Sentences

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Today, however, we come not to bemoan the bad times but celebrate the good times, for the Angels and Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Arsenal, for instance, used to bemoan its trips to Stoke City, a scrappy, physical team that made set pieces its bread and butter, because it had no hope of winning otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Many bemoan the interruption of the international break – Liverpool are currently struggling so badly they may just welcome the chance to clear their heads.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

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

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

Upon thinking of past loves, someone who approaches romance through the heart is likely to bemoan lost opportunities and conclude that he or she will never again love as deeply.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos