How to Use mourning in a Sentence

mourning

noun
  • The whole town was in mourning.
  • She is still in mourning for her dead husband.
  • His widow was dressed in mourning.
  • His eyes were sunken, mourning.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The chief wore a black and blue mourning band across his badge.
    — Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
  • For three days of mourning, no food was cooked at their home.
    — Zehra Abid, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Then, of course, there are the somber ties to mourning and plague.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, WSJ, 10 June 2021
  • The black mourning clothes kept packed in her bags had been shipped on ahead.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • So in essence, her mourning gave her a sense of purpose.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The country will hold five days of mourning.
    — Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • In more than one instance through the epic work, hair is plucked in an act of mourning.
    — Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
  • But in Tehran, the people on the streets were in mourning.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Grief came pouring out of every pore of her body as a mom in mourning.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In Ghana, black is the color of mourning.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • And in the mourning process, God is with us every step of the way.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The mourning process is all about learning to live without them.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2020
  • His nephew declared a week of mourning, the state news agency said.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The country is holding two days of mourning for those killed.
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Many fans are still in mourning and looking for answers.
    — Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
  • In the lives of her heroines, the mourning sometimes took the form of masochism.
    — Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Rather, the lands that the Amur passes through are silent, as if in mourning.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The nation fell into a state of mourning.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The heart, with its every beat, pumps out a mourning substance that floods the brain.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • The country will observe five days of mourning.
    — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • In many countries, this serves as a sign of mourning and respect for those who have died.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At the foot of her grave, snowdrops poked up through the soil, their white blooms stooped like heads hung in mourning.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The departure lounge felt less like a transit space than a place of mourning.
    — Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • For every death, there are many more in mourning, some of whom may be feeling this same sense of guilt.
    — Mallika Kallingal, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • Grieves also helped plug the New Day’s mourning t-shirts.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But make no mistake about this, the mourning process for this franchise has begun.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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