How to Use bemoan in a Sentence

bemoan

verb
  • He bemoans the fact that the team lost again.
  • Some critics are always bemoaning the state of the language.
  • Socrates bemoaned the trend of the young to write things down.
    — Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Back at the wig shop, my mom bemoaned her options.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Yang then bemoaned how people shoot lasers at him and hide their kids.
    — Anne McCarthy, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Ivey bemoaned the low bond amounts, noting they are set by the state.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Enjoy a win or bemoan a loss for one day, then move on to what’s next.
    — Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Mar. 2021
  • One character bemoans the fact that there’s no more cheese in the world.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Roberts did bemoan a walk in each of the first two innings that proved costly.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
  • For those haters bemoaning the schedule for next year.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Slot bemoaned the fine margins but there have been far too many hard-luck stories.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Others bemoan the loss of youth sports and long for the day our kids can play soccer again.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
  • For once, a bat mitzvah wasn’t something to be mocked, or eye-rolled, or bemoaned.
    — Jonah Platt, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • And fast-food lovers bemoan steep prices for a Big Mac combo.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This has left many bemoaning the end of the secondary whisky market.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Both my husband and daughter bemoaned the loss of our peaceful evening.
    — Carolyn Hax, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Gordy used to bemoan his mediocre dancing because the good dancers seemed to get the girls.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Many consumers have been bemoaning higher prices for some time now.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Tens of millions were left to marvel at — or bemoan — the water’s force.
    — Barbara Fraser, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2018
  • That might seem like quite a statement from a guy who once bemoaned touring in the Yuck days.
    — John Norris, Billboard, 4 May 2018
  • The humble chicken is both beloved and bemoaned at the dinner table.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2025
  • In his speech, Flake bemoaned the takeover of his party by angry populists.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The adults in our lives were always bemoaning the crime, the weather, and the public schools.
    — Jeanie Riess, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
  • One of the neighborhood’s last wild tracts had just sold, a fact Dad was bemoaning.
    — Will Bahr, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Once again, Bill Gates has bemoaned the creation of the ctrl-alt-del shortcut.
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2017
  • There also have been a flood of queries to experts, who bemoan the killing of helpful bees, wasps, and hornets.
    — National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Scott wasn’t the only one to bemoan the quality of film output in recent days.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Or the Giants and Mets will bemoan the loss of a true franchise player.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • While some people love the daylight at the end of the day as the weather warms, others bemoan the loss of an hour's sleep.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Reese is hardly the first player to bemoan the state of the Chicago Sky.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

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