vigil
Example Sentences
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I began my first vigil in 2008, appearing occasionally outside the White House.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Black Lives Matter L.A. has scheduled a Sunday vigil to honor him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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
A few hours later, worn out by the vigil, he went into Aureliano's workshop and asked him: "What day is today?"
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing vigil
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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