vigil

Example Sentences

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In his sermon during Saturday night's Easter vigil, the pontiff urged believers not to feel numbed by the scale of global conflicts but to work actively for reconciliation.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Dutifully but vacantly, he keeps an all-night vigil by her coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The New York Times’ Adam Liptak described her role this way in 2019: “Justice Sonia Sotomayor … maintains a sort of vigil in the capital cases other justices treat as routine.”

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Speaking at the Guildhall Square vigil, Amy's mother, Sharon Doherty thanked the people of Derry for coming out in her daughter's memory.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Right after the incident we had a candlelight vigil out in front of 3833 and hundreds of people marched all up and down The Wells with candles.

From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones