vigil

Example Sentences

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The pope also announced that he would return to the basilica on 11 April to lead a prayer vigil for peace.

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

The inquiry also heard Ian's sons only found out about a vigil, organised by Nottingham City Council, at the Council House in Old Market Square on 16 June from a Sky News journalist.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Ari-Eil had been unmarried; this was his family home, and his younger sister nodded at his side, asleep at her vigil.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor