mourners

Example Sentences

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It was later taken to a mosque where relatives and mourners offered prayers before carrying it through the streets for burial.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Faces in the crowd were filled with gloom and sadness as mourners waited for the Hezbollah-organised ceremony to begin.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The mourners waved in response to the occasional honk from passing motorists.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Footage from the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency, showed hundreds of mourners bowing their heads in front of a group of at least 18 coffins draped in the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

A group of friends and neighbors stood around my dad and grampa, and when they saw the Remingtons approaching, they closed ranks, blocking them from the circle of mourners.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe