How to Use vigil in a Sentence

vigil

noun
  • And the vigils ramped up again.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Decide to bring the kids to the vigil.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
  • One year later, a vigil was held to mark and mourn the event.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • For days now, prayer vigils have also been held around the world.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The vigil can come to look like voyeurism, the human care made crass.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • In the wake of his death, fans across the world held vigils for Payne.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Alex Spors, Zettel's son, led the vigil.
    — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • None of the attendees had brought a drone to record the prayer vigil.
    — Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
  • Reporters were not allowed to get close to the vigil.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In years past, the vigil has attracted a crowd that fills the whole street.
    — Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The names of every person who died there were read aloud, at an all-night prayer vigil.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The royals then stood guard by her coffin in a vigil at the cathedral.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Why was a peace vigil tent near the White House removed?
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Each name was read aloud during the vigil and printed on a candle.
    — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Even the candles used in the vigil were free of unsightly drips.
    — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Sep. 2022
  • In the courtyard, a few dozen people had gathered for a vigil.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Recently, a few of them gathered on the same stretch of beach for a vigil.
    — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • Days before, a vigil was held for Xavier at the field where he was injured.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • On the two-month mark of her disappearance, the vigil was held as leads run dry.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • As news spread, alumni, parents and neighbors streamed to vigils across the city.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Prince's death prompted vigils, including one by the trash bins where his body was dumped.
    — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • There has been a large police presence at protests, rallies and vigils in the city over the past week.
    — Alanna Durkin Richer The Associated, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Bouquets of flowers piled up there throughout the vigil.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Pull up a chair and hold Catherine’s hand; sit vigil over your son in this small, sacred way.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • During one point of the vigil, the lights dimmed and people held candles in a circle.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
  • A day after the crash, more than 300 people joined a vigil.
    — Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • After reading the names, attendees burned the lists at the end of the vigil.
    — Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Detectives learned that the person shot at the vigil had not been wearing gloves.
    — Washington Post, 18 June 2021
  • On Sunday, a vigil was held in Taipei to mourn the victims of the fire.
    — Amy Gunia, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Six days later, a vigil for Robbie was held at the Laramie skate park.
    — Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 21 May 2021

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