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Bemoan   /bɪmˈoʊn/   Listen
Bemoan

verb
(past & past part. bemoaned; pres. part. bemoaning)
1.
Regret strongly.  Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament.  "We lamented the loss of benefits"






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"Bemoan" Quotes from Famous Books



... one who need bemoan His kindred laid in earth, The household hearts that were his own, It is ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. VI, June, 1862 - Devoted To Literature and National Policy • Various

... accustomed evening stroll round the neighbourhood, he described with great relish the pitiable termination of their voyage. He had found Carter just sober enough to cart his incapacitated disciple home on a wheelbarrow, after which he painfully betook himself to his bed, there to bemoan the tardiness of the revolution, and the broken condition of ...
— A Girl Among the Anarchists • Isabel Meredith

... hath put a stop to the Course of Defection, and of his great mercy given us some reviving from our Bondage; yet we have sad cause to regrate and bemoan, that few have a due sense of our mercy, or walk answerable thereto; Few are turned to the Lord in truth, but the wicked go on to do wickedly; And there is found amongst us to this day, shameful ingratitude for our mercies, ...
— The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland

... citizen his goods And his life besides I’ve riven; Widow and orphans my deeds bemoan, And for ...
— Alf the Freebooter - Little Danneved and Swayne Trost and other Ballads • Thomas J. Wise

... than you do; that I am plunged into a fiercer purgatory than that to which I have condemned you? I am devoured by regret; but I will atone. I came here as your friend; I can never be less, and in defiance of your hatred, I shall prove my sincerity. Because I bemoan my rash haste, will you say good-bye kindly? Some ...
— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson


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