mourning
Example Sentences
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He posted a video message on Instagram on Wednesday mourning what he thought was the death of Sherpa.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
It also involved dispelling rumours and explaining why traditional mourning practices - such as washing the bodies of the deceased - had to be banned.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
No one is in mourning for that, not even daughter Deborah Brashers, whose recollections about childhood with a criminal father are startling.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
“The Sheep Detectives” is both a powerful story about mourning and a warning against the peril of mindwiping inconvenient histories.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
I remember mourning Grandma’s passing, wallowing in my sadness, only to come to Asamando and meet Ama—and to have her claim to be Grandma.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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