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• demise: He bemoaned the demise of Community Touring: Hijinx doing one community tour per year is not enough.

• lack: I could bemoan the lack of articles - I won't, my pleas fall on deaf ears.

• fact: She also bemoans the fact that such a renowned poet with over thirty books to his name is till now little known in Britain.

• fate: The writer went on to bemoan the fate of the old mill of Mr Ely ANDREW in Guide Bridge.

• absence: LAST MONTH we bemoaned the absence of Frank Bruno's Boxing from the charts.

• loss: In his opening lines he bemoans the loss of some money.

Used with why or when

• what: The urban population seems to have taken the drastic makeover of their cities in their stride, never openly bemoaning what was lost.

Modifying Another Word

• often: Conclusion Try it on People today often bemoan what's happened to society.

• long: Scholars have long bemoaned the lack of an adequate Hebrew index to the Septuagint.

• also: She also bemoans the fact that such a renowned poet with over thirty books to his name is till now little known in Britain.

• n't: We certainly ca n't bemoan the game's lack of story.

• still: Finally, many thanks to George Wright, from Malta, who is still bemoaning England's performance in the cricket.

• constantly: Why, then, do the Japanese collude with the ' slump ' idea, constantly bemoaning its own failures.

Preposition: in

• decade: These deficit and surplus percentages are higher than any of the imbalances about which commentators have bemoaned in recent decades.