vigil

Example Sentences

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Sunday's action was part of a six-day peace camp involving an around-the-clock vigil outside the base, set to end on Monday.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Dutifully but vacantly, he keeps an all-night vigil by her coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The New York Times’ Adam Liptak described her role this way in 2019: “Justice Sonia Sotomayor … maintains a sort of vigil in the capital cases other justices treat as routine.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Consuegra was among a group of supporters who held a vigil in Little Havana in Miami on Thursday for the men who were killed and injured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The debris from the vigil has been cleared away, but he isn't erased.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon