mourning
Example Sentences
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Children with their parents did the same, some of them taking selfies as police officers, mourning locals and some tourists stood by.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In a realistic 1870s monument for a member of the Piaggio family, a dead man’s widow, shown leaving the door of a tomb, is wearing an elaborate lace shawl and mourning through her sculpted eyelashes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In the meantime, he’s mourning both teens, whom he described as fun-loving and kind, with a lot of life left to live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
This mourning for a bygone era is a mourning for a time when Chinese families felt that if they worked hard, their lives would improve.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
My sister forced me to wear mourning for Mr. Brown and to go to the funeral in state.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing mourning
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Ghost Boys
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