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bemoanbe‧moan /bɪˈməʊn $ -ˈmoʊn/ verb [transitive] formal VERB TABLEbemoan |
Present | I, you, we, they | bemoan | | he, she, it | bemoans | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bemoaned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bemoaned | | he, she, it | has bemoaned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bemoaned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bemoan | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bemoaned |
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Present | I | am bemoaning | | he, she, it | is bemoaning | | you, we, they | are bemoaning | Past | I, he, she, it | was bemoaning | | you, we, they | were bemoaning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bemoaning | | he, she, it | has been bemoaning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bemoaning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bemoaning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bemoaning |
- For years, parents and teachers have bemoaned the fact that we do not have a national childcare policy.
- Business no longer understands the examination system and its grades and it bemoans the continually changing scene.
- I suspect that Labour has bemoaned unemployment vigorously and at length during every period of opposition.
- On the one hand, he bemoans the development of a political underclass as demonstrated by poll-tax refuseniks and Los Angeles rioters.
- So it seems our old Antiquary bemoaned the lack of a bridge.
- The auction houses quite wisely retreated, leaving specialist dealers bemoaning what they alleged were short-sighted policies.
- These would hit the popular audience - the old-style Mirror readers who wrote in bemoaning the trivialization of their paper.
► bemoaning the fact that He was bemoaning the fact that lawyers charge so much. ► bemoan the lack/absence/loss of something an article bemoaning the lack of sports facilities in the area NOUN► absence· I get letters from single women bemoaning the absence of men; and from single men bemoaning the absence of women. ► lack· He put the kettle on, bemoaning the lack of business.· So it seems our old Antiquary bemoaned the lack of a bridge. ► loss· White suburbanites bemoan the loss of their cities to crime, drugs and-by extension-black neighbourhoods. to complain or say that you are disappointed about something: He was bemoaning the fact that lawyers charge so much.bemoan the lack/absence/loss of something an article bemoaning the lack of sports facilities in the area |