bemoan

Example Sentences

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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

Angus says producers of other reality shows often bemoan that everyone is getting on and there isn't enough drama.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

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

Unless you write yourself, you can’t know how wonderful it is; I always used to bemoan the fact that I couldn’t draw, but now I’m overjoyed that at least I can write.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank