mourners
Example Sentences
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Thoreau’s account begins not on the Cape, but during his rail journey from Boston, when he joins a band of mourners and gawkers to survey a shipwreck in the town of Cohasset.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The men insisted relatives be allowed to conduct the burial themselves, in the traditional way, in which mourners say farewell by touching the dead one last time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It was later taken to a mosque where relatives and mourners offered prayers before carrying it through the streets for burial.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
The mourners waved in response to the occasional honk from passing motorists.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
More than eight thousand mourners, including eight hundred clergy of both races, attended the service.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
