Example sentences for: bemoaned

How can you use “bemoaned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He has assailed the corrupt, authoritarian regimes that rule most of the Arab world, punctured the ideological phantasms of Pan-Arabist nationalism and reactionary Islam alike, and bemoaned the impoverished state of Arab cultural and intellectual life.

  • Not long ago, I was listening to an NPR talk show on which the moderator and his guest bemoaned the passing of the well-beloved family doctor, whose kindly manner and personalized attention once graced the healing arts.

  • Since then, as bien-pensant American opinion has embraced the "peace process," Said has bemoaned Arafat's "capitulation" and grown increasingly disgusted with the chairman's dictatorial rule over a few scraps of occupied territory and with Israel's continued expropriation of Palestinian lands.

  • If you bemoaned that a particular rose only flowered once a year and for such a short period, he would advise you to take a vacation from work in order to stay at home and watch it bloom.

  • The media bemoaned the vulnerability of illegal immigrants (trapped by their fear that outsiders will discover they're illegal) and congratulated Mayor Rudy Giuliani for rescuing the New York slaves.


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