How to Use mourn in a Sentence

mourn

verb

• She mourned the loss of her youth.
• He still mourns the fact that he never went to college.
• Thousands of people mourned his death.
• She was mourned by everyone who knew her.
• She is still mourning her husband, who died last year.
• William Sadler is mourning the death of his wife, Marni Joan Bakst.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
• Some will use the day to mourn, some to reflect, some to gather.
  — The Courier-Journal, 10 Mar. 2023
• One year later, a vigil was held to mark and mourn the event.
  — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
• Many celebrities took to Twitter to mourn the star’s death.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• To seize the day, to lament, to mourn, to be nostalgic, to be proactive.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• As those touched by Meat Loaf's work mourn his death, here are the songs that show him at his finest.
  — Steve Knopper, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• Tiffani Thiessen is mourning the loss of her 85-year-old father.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
• Williams wrote the work in 1974 while mourning the sudden death of his wife, Barbara.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• And mourning them just a little less, when things don’t work out.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
• How Day of the Dead allows people to mourn, honor and love lost ones.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
• Each of them is starting to mourn the loss of their dad in their own respective way.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
• With the euphoria of the do-over comes a deep sadness—mourning for what could have been.
  — Julia Sonenshein, ELLE, 25 July 2023
• The Wakandans mourn the loss of their king, and what’s left of the royal family walks the streets of the city with his helmet.
  — Time, 11 Nov. 2022
• As fans and former costars mourn the loss of Somers, take a look back on her life in photos.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
• In 2019, Leung mourned the loss of his brother who drowned in Thailand.
  — EW.com, 29 June 2024
• His keepers and those who got to know him at Zoo Knoxville over the years are now mourning his loss.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
• Here are all of the cast and crew’s posts mourning the Wicked (movie being done filming).
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024
• Those of us who are cynics at heart mourn the passing of writer P.J. O'Rourke.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• Light filtered through the leaves onto the edge of a metal star and briefly lit the face of a mourning mother.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
• For many in the developing world, the death of the U.S.-led order seems nothing to mourn.
  — Jorge G. CastaÑeda, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
• At the age of 8, Chelsea would mourn the loss of her beloved swim coach who was shot and killed, turning to art once more to help deal with the heartache and pain.
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 17 Nov. 2022
• The music world is mourning the loss of the legendary Tina Turner.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 24 May 2023
• The fashion world is mourning the death of a true trailblazer.
  — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
• Guy Fieri and his family are mourning the loss of their four-legged friend.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
• The station mourns the loss — but not loss of life — of its former captain as the title passes on to Judd (Jim Parrack).
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025