- present participle of mourn.
mourning
Example Sentences
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The FBI director’s tribute to Graham included one operational line that had nothing to do with mourning: He wrote that the bureau was “assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Khamenei was laid to rest at the shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's holiest Shia Muslim site, marking the end of six days of public mourning ceremonies in five cities across Iran and neighbouring Iraq.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The funeral, a days-long period of mourning, is set to end on Thursday, when Khamenei’s body will return from Iraq to be buried in the city of Mashhad, his birthplace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The procession coincided with the annual commemoration of Imam Hussein, the mourning month of Muharram, the holiest period of the year in Shia Islam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The melody lifts me even though it is blue and slow, like the mourning dove’s call that Dad and I heard once.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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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