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
• Soon enough, Shula is dragged back to the house of mourning.
  — Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
• 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
• The death of the character actor, who won two Oscars in a more than 60-year career, caused intrigue and mourning amongst fans and industry peers.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025