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

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

Buehler deadpanned that, where he used to bemoan dozens of throws in his early-season starts, he is now only “upset about three or four.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

But I didn’t bemoan the loss of my free time.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss