verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
absence
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I get letters from single women bemoaning the absence of men; and from single men bemoaning the absence of women.
lack
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He put the kettle on, bemoaning the lack of business.
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So it seems our old Antiquary bemoaned the lack of a bridge.
loss
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White suburbanites bemoan the loss of their cities to crime, drugs and-by extension-black neighbourhoods.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For years, parents and teachers have bemoaned the fact that we do not have a national childcare policy.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Business no longer understands the examination system and its grades and it bemoans the continually changing scene.
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I suspect that Labour has bemoaned unemployment vigorously and at length during every period of opposition.
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On the one hand, he bemoans the development of a political underclass as demonstrated by poll-tax refuseniks and Los Angeles rioters.
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So it seems our old Antiquary bemoaned the lack of a bridge.
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The auction houses quite wisely retreated, leaving specialist dealers bemoaning what they alleged were short-sighted policies.
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These would hit the popular audience - the old-style Mirror readers who wrote in bemoaning the trivialization of their paper.