BEMOAN in a Sentence
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Example sentences for BEMOAN, such as:
1. I bemoaned my desolate widow and fatherless children.
2. President Barack Obama bemoaned low voter turnout as a contributing factor to Washington's dysfunction.
2. President Barack Obama bemoaned low voter turnout as a contributing factor to Washington's dysfunction.
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Meanings and Examples of BEMOAN
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bemoan
v. regret strongly; express disapproval of
Classic Sentence:
1 and having delivered her defiance all on one breath, Meg cast away her pinafore and precipitately left the field to bemoan herself in her own room.
2 And the birds of the air came too, and bemoaned Snowdrop; and first of all came an owl, and then a raven, and at last a dove, and sat by her side.
3 I bemoaned my desolate widow and fatherless children.
4 Grace, in reply, wept and wondered at the request, bemoaned the inexorableness of the law, and was astonished that Lily had not realized the exact similarity of their positions.
Example Sentence:
1 Although critics bemoan the serious flaws in the author's novels, each year his latest book tops the best-seller list.
2 President Barack Obama bemoaned low voter turnout as a contributing factor to Washington's dysfunction.