mourning

Example Sentences

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Salsa music icon Willie Colon died on Saturday, his family and longtime manager said, leaving fans mourning the loss of "an architect of the New York sound."

From Barron's

The widely circulated photographs of the poet in old age make him a perfect visual counterpart to the widowed Queen Victoria, dressed in her perpetual mourning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Residents of Chicago, Illinois, are mourning the loss of US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died at age 84, surrounded by family, according to a statement released by his relatives.

From BBC

The local authority said it was providing support to the victims and it declared three days of mourning.

From BBC

While researching this article, I heard from 41 people who were mourning the loss of 4o.

From BBC