How to Use vigil in a Sentence

vigil

noun

• In the wake of his death, fans across the world held vigils for Payne.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
• The school held a prayer vigil for the pair on Wednesday.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
• On Sunday, a vigil was held in Taipei to mourn the victims of the fire.
  — Amy Gunia, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
• The vigil was held at the Children’s Garden of Hope, near the scene of the blaze, where the three youngest boys often played.
  — Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022
• At least one of those people, 48-year-old Gary Smith, of Westwood, showed up to the vigil to do the same.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 9 July 2023
• After reading the names, attendees burned the lists at the end of the vigil.
  — Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
• Leia’s friends at the vigil, all scouts in Troop 2019, tightened around her, as her eyes filled with tears.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The chokehold death of Neely touched off a series of protests and vigils in the days following the episode.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
• Pastor Steve Sears lead a prayer vigil to begin the evening.
  — The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
• The city of Monterey Park plans to hold a vigil Tuesday evening to honor the victims.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Even the candles used in the vigil were free of unsightly drips.
  — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Sep. 2022
• The royals then stood guard by her coffin in a vigil at the cathedral.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
• 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
• The vigil will be held at 6 p.m. at Pinson Valley High School.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• 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
• There have been vigils held in Oklahoma and across the country.
  — Danielle Marie Holland, Parents, 28 Feb. 2024
• The vigil will start at 5:30 p.m. local time at Monterey Park City Hall, the statement said.
  — Leinz Vales, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
• At a vigil on Sunday near the site of the massacre, hundreds gathered to honor the dead.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 15 May 2022
• 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 the search, a vigil was held at his old high school, Kickapoo High, to pray for his safe return.
  — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Thomas, who is a minister, plans to hold a vigil and prayer service on Sunday at the bridge.
  — Brittany Bowker, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
• Next Sunday, the city of Raleigh will hold another vigil to honor the five lives lost.
  — Leigh Tauss, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• The warmth of hot cocoa cups in the 40-degree weather and warm stories about Jayz kept the vigil goers steady as the evening drew on.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
• On each of the next two days, Pokharel’s brother chauffeured his sister-in-law home, then back to her vigil at Ayra’s bed.
  — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 20 Nov. 2022
• About 200 teenagers and young adults came to a vigil for Faison in front of the McDonald’s last year briefly after his death.
  — Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• The 24-hour vigil recreates early visitors’ 24 hours in the cave.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• See photos from a Wednesday night vigil in Uvalde — 9:21 a.m.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
• When the mojito craze hit, Otavio and I brightened, sure our lonely vigil was about to end.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• About a dozen people, including some who were holding candles, held a vigil late Tuesday to pray outside the prison.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
• About a dozen people, some holding candles, held a vigil late Tuesday to pray outside the prison, which is surrounded by barbed wire fences in a residential area about 60 miles east of Chicago.
  — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Jan 2025