mourning

Example Sentences

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Purely as entertainment, it is inert; the story, about a family in mourning, features histrionics worthy of grand opera and a level of rudeness that could peel paint.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m not in mourning. I’m just . . .” I trail off because I don’t have a word for the hollow ache behind my ribs.

From Literature

California Sen. Adam Schiff said his thoughts are with Marzan’s family and the people of Sacramento, who are mourning the loss of one of their own.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, Iowa is mourning as questions and bursts of bittersweet pride begin again.

From The Wall Street Journal