mourners

Example Sentences

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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

Near the register book where mourners signed their names, someone posted a few of Bill’s treasured truisms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Civil rights leaders, elected officials and thousands of mourners also attended the service honoring Jackson’s decades-long fight for racial equality, voting rights and economic justice.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

They were holding a great flying-meet way up over the heads of the mourners and some of the nearby trees were already peopled with the stoop-shouldered forms.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston