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Example sentences for "bemoan"

Lexicographically close words:
belying; bem; bema; bemes; bemired; bemoaned; bemoaning; bemoans; bemuddled; bemused
  1. Pardon, dear Saint, that we so late With lazy sighs bemoan thy fate, And with an after-shower of verse And tears, we thus bedew thy hearse.

  2. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?

  3. Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  4. For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

  5. All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!

  6. And it shall come to pass that every one that shall see thee, shall flee from thee, and shall say: Ninive is laid waste: who shall bemoan thee?

  7. Weep not for him that is dead, nor bemoan him with your tears: lament him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  8. Don't you weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

  9. All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

  10. No longer shall the widowed land bemoan A broken lineage, and a doubtful throne; 10 But boast her royal progeny's increase, And count the pledges of her future peace.

  11. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee, shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?

  12. A very unhandsome carriage for a people that profess godliness, and that use to come before God to confess their sins, and to bemoan themselves for what they have done.

  13. This is therefore the highest of all complaints; namely, for a man from a certain conviction that his condition must without fail be damnable, to condole and bemoan his forlorn condition.

  14. The unruliness of the passions and lusts of the broken-hearted make them often get into a corner, and thus bemoan themselves.

  15. As they bemoan themselves, and make their complaints to one and another, so they cry to God.

  16. And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say: 6 Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her?

  17. These two things are befallen thee; Who shall bemoan thee?

  18. If there be one who need bemoan His kindred laid in earth, The household hearts that were his own,-- It is the man of mirth.

  19. Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground.

  20. People grieve and bemoan themselves, but it is not half so bad with them as they say.

  21. The maiden then began to weep and bemoan herself; but it was too late, the prince was obliged to go.

  22. Then from word to word she began to bemoan the exigencies of a situation which compelled one brother to imprison another.

  23. It was something to hear him bemoan his lot when they sat five at table, and the mother gave the best morsels to Jean, Lisa, and Gervaise.

  24. Both figures then bent over the child, and seemed to bemoan its fate; but the taller one was always the most endearing in her gestures.

  25. The mother died afterwards, and was laid in her husband's grave, and now, as in her lifetime, continues to visit the grave of her child and bemoan the separation.

  26. When, after a long time, she found breath to speak at all, it was to bemoan her lot, cursed with such ready tools.

  27. In deepest humility and shame, yet with the profound consolation of repentance, he would return to the Master and bemoan his unteachableness.

  28. If you do not find him, endless life with the living whom you bemoan would become and remain to you unendurable.

  29. They speak of their wives and children, and bemoan their own probable fate.

  30. We did bemoan it that nobody would or had authority enough with the King to tell him how all things go to rack and will be lost.

  31. Tragedy and elegy (and the term elegy was used by the Romans not only to bemoan the dead, but to deplore sad love affairs) are predominant in all literature, prose and verse.

  32. They had the naivete of the child and cried out their slightest pain; they weep and bemoan constantly.

  33. Don't let us bemoan ourselves, or think that a sign of grace!

  34. I'm not going to bemoan their light-mindedness; at all events, I thought it was very pleasant, and they were very good to me.

  35. Thus fathers, brothers, and relatives bemoan their loss on every side.

  36. Their only diversion was to bemoan the beautiful clothes they used to wear and the company they used to keep.

  37. The princess had retired one day to a wood to bemoan her misfortune, when she saw approaching her an ugly little man, of very disagreeable appearance, but clad in magnificent attire.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bemoan" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bemoan; bewail; complain; cry; deplore; deprecate; dirge; grieve; keen; knell; lament; moan; mourn; regret; repine; sigh; sorrow; weep