mourn

Example Sentences

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"We reject any use of this tragedy, which has plunged a French family into mourning, for political ends," Barrot said over the weekend.

From BBC

Salsa music icon Willie Colon died on Saturday, his family and longtime manager said, leaving fans mourning the loss of "an architect of the New York sound."

From Barron's

The widely circulated photographs of the poet in old age make him a perfect visual counterpart to the widowed Queen Victoria, dressed in her perpetual mourning.

From The Wall Street Journal

The events have been held in several cities across the country to mourn the thousands killed during the deadliest nights of protests on 8 and 9 January.

From BBC

Residents of Chicago, Illinois, are mourning the loss of US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died at age 84, surrounded by family, according to a statement released by his relatives.

From BBC