bemoaning

Example Sentences

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In a video, Dr. Becky marks Employee Appreciation Week by bemoaning how uncelebrated parents’ wins often are.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

"The Olympics only happen every four years and only a very few times in a career," he said, bemoaning the lack of "Olympic atmosphere" in Bormio.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

There was nothing thriving, either, in the Voorstad neighborhood of Deventer, in the Netherlands, where in 2013 two bummed-out middle-aged men were sitting on their stoops, bemoaning the dreariness around them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Lawn mower racing was dreamt up in 1973 at a pub in Wisborough Green by a group of friends bemoaning the state of motorsport and commercialisation.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

Yesterday when Tla Flor was up with the boys, Mama was bemoaning that her rose bushes were so scrabbly and saying she wasn’t going to be seeing much of her favorite flowers this year.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez