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Definition of Bemoans
1. bemoan [v] - See also: bemoan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bemoans
Literary usage of Bemoans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1856)
"... while the other bemoans hia exertions in a cause which he once gloried in
supporting, because they have ended in ruin and disappointment to himself ..."
2. A Study of Hamlet by John Conolly (1863)
"And thus he bemoans himself— HAM. 0, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! Or that the Everlasting had not fixed ..."
3. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"Chwang Keang bemoans Her Husband's Cruelty Fierce is the wind and cold; And such
is he. Smiling he looks, and bold Speaks mockingly. ..."
4. Life of Lord Jeffrey, with a Selection from His Correspondence by Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey, Henry Cockburn Cockburn (1852)
"He bemoans, in a letter written after a day's attendance there, on this occasion,
the severity of being ..."
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