as in weeping
expressing or suggesting mourning
one parishioner who always seems to have a bemoaning expression on her face
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as in mourning
to feel or express sorrow for
bemoaned the death of his wife by writing a series of poignant letters addressed to her
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as in regretting
to feel sorry or dissatisfied about
a think piece bemoaning the coarsening of our society over the last several decades
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Recent Examples of bemoaning
Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
As the complaining businesses are no doubt wringing their hands over the setback, shoppers are also bemoaning the havoc that tariffs have wreaked on their pocketbooks as the final week of holiday shopping ramps up.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead of bemoaning being passed over by Notre Dame, a looming possibility, the UM family was celebrating the gift of a chance, a chance, to win the program’s long-elusive sixth national championship and first since 2001.
—Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
And, now, livermush fans across the Charlotte area are bemoaning their inability to find Neese’s brand Liver Pudding anywhere.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 Dec. 2025
For most of the year, tennis watchers have been bemoaning the lack of a genuine threat to Sinner and Alcaraz, but here Fritz had the latter on the rack.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
Cornerback Deommodore Lenoir hasn’t practiced this week because of a quadriceps injury, but Saleh is not bemoaning the possibility of another void.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Like countless generations before them, today’s young adults are subject to what feels like a constant barrage of headlines bemoaning their generational shortcomings.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
The adults in our lives were always bemoaning the crime, the weather, and the public schools.
—Jeanie Riess, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
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If friend groups seem ubiquitous, so does a quiet underclass of people like me, bemoaning their lack of them.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
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Some people, friendship researchers told me, could be mourning a version of friendship that exists predominantly on social media and TV.—
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The Twiggs County community is mourning the loss of one of its beloved elementary school teachers.—
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Millions of Gen Zers are facing unemployment as entry-level office roles get absorbed by AI, and millennials are regretting taking out thousands in student loans for careers that now have significantly diminished prospects.—
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Meanwhile, the success of his industry satire—co-created by Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory and Frida Perez—has resulted in several industry folks regretting their previous rejections of Rogen.—
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This internal struggle is portrayed with raw honesty, focusing on the darker, mournful corners of humanity that inspired the record’s lyrics.—
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Other tracks channel the mournful energy of the most political ’70s dub.—
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At the same time, however, political parties could play a role in restoring trust by calling out their own, increasing their own accountability by lamenting real offenses among their own members.—
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After the trade, Porter posted a video on social media thanking the Nuggets and lamenting the end of his time in Denver while also sharing his excitement about the opportunity to expand his game.—
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After Anna disappeared, Alice was heartbroken.—
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A day after the shooting, Chez’s heartbroken parents proclaimed at a press conference outside the 101st Precinct stationhouse in Far Rockaway that their son posed no threat.—
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The page so far has raised over $30,000 in donations, with a goal of $35,000 to cover funeral costs and to support Kaleigh and Christopher’s four children.—
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The Avila family has also started a GoFundMe to help pay for the funeral and medical bills for Perla.—
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Sitting opposite an old people’s home in a residential corner of Paris’ 14th arrondissement, La Santé’s unassuming presence is only given away by the occasional wailing siren as prisoners are transported to and from the site.—
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“Bemoaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bemoaning. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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