- present participle of bemoan.
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
Regis Le Bris' side showed why they sit eighth with a dogged first-half showing that left the Arsenal crowd again bemoaning a lack of creativity from open play.
From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026
Again and again his terrified sources, after bemoaning the Orwellian climate of the book business, beg him for reassurance that they will not be named in print.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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
