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.
• But on this evening, the mourning was for the end of Roe v. Wade.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022
• And in the mourning process, God is with us every step of the way.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 Aug. 2022
• The chief wore a black and blue mourning band across his badge.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
• In the lives of her heroines, the mourning sometimes took the form of masochism.
  — Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
• With the war in Gaza raging, this is a city in mourning.
  — Samar Hazboun, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Anne wrote that book out of the mourning of losing a child.
  — Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
• Rather, the lands that the Amur passes through are silent, as if in mourning.
  — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
• The black mourning clothes kept packed in her bags had been shipped on ahead.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• The world is in mourning for Friends star Matthew Perry.
  — Vulture, 29 Oct. 2023
• For three days of mourning, no food was cooked at their home.
  — Zehra Abid, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2021
• The long wait is out of respect to the mourning period for the Queen.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2022
• In more than one instance through the epic work, hair is plucked in an act of mourning.
  — Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• The legend Quincy Jones has left the world in mourning.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola and Dominique Fluker, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
• To reflect African culture and mourning, Carter went with the purest of whites.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Such was the case across Uvalde this weekend as church services marked the start of days of mourning.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• Two school years later, Jensen is done with mourning and ready to move on.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024
• But even in mourning, Gaga is honoring the time spent and the songs sung with Bennett, on and off the stage.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2023
• That is, the grief and mourning from the perspective of the Utah football program.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2021
• The fashion world is in mourning as the news of model and cover girl Gail O’Neill has passed away.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Oct. 2023
• Like much of the music world, Miley Cyrus is in mourning.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• A day of mourning will be observed in the state on Saturday.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 3 June 2023
• Nine months later and still in mourning, Van Gundy has revealed the cause.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
• The three-hour funeral Monday was fit for the mourning of not just a man, but an era.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Aug. 2022
• At one point, Mr. Khamenei covered his eyes with his left hand, as if in mourning.
  — David S. Cloud and Aresu Eqbali, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
• Bambi lost her baby about three weeks ago, owner Nicole said via TikTok, and Bambi struggled with mourning, as any mother would.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
• Some of them tell stories and play games to pass the time, others are in mourning and some of them try to speak to the mysterious wilderness that has perhaps been responsible for some of the shocking events from the first two seasons.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025