mourning

Example Sentences

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I sat for a while after he hung up on me, mourning the Dad I never had, as if the loss was new, rather than forever, before my grief turned into white-hot fury.

From Literature

“The Vikings are mourning the loss of Ring of Honor member Joey Browner,” the team said Sunday in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

For the remainder of the 40-day mourning period, richer meat curries and kebabs are added.

From BBC

Suddenly she was a single mother of two daughters, mourning the deaths of her husband from typhoid fever and their first daughter, who died of brain fever.

From The Wall Street Journal

The singer's sudden death sparked anger and distress among millions of fans in his home state Assam, and set off a wave of mourning.

From BBC