- present participle of mourn.
mourning
Example Sentences
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The “Riverdance” community is mourning the loss of one of its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
His death not only devastated his family, it left a tight-knit football club in mourning.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Community members are expected to gather Thursday evening for a vigil mourning a student who fell to his death at Benjamin Franklin High School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
How she stumbles away from mourning is sometimes weird, but one of her friends offers sage advice as she does so: “It’s okay to be messy. That’s life, you know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
One of them was dressed in mourning, the other in white, turbaned, her brown skin a shimmer.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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