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

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

A theme of Celtic's season has been Rodgers bemoaning their transfer business and a perceived lack of quality brought into the club.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

The third years emerged from Transfiguration at lunchtime on Monday, limp and ashen-faced, comparing results and bemoaning the difficulty of the tasks they had been set, which had included turning a teapot into a tortoise.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling