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How to use mourn in a sentence

22 example sentences · verb, noun

Mourn means to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). Example: “For two months, she mourned her father's passing.”

Examples of mourn by meaning

verbTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

  • For two months, she mourned her father's passing.
  • She mourned the loss of her independence.
  • Thane Krios: It seems there will be no one to mourn me when I die.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nightmare

verbTo engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.

  • In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.

More sentences with mourn

  • Not a week goes by when I don't mourn that loss.From the entry when
  • Lamentably the good too die; we will all mourn his passing.From the entry lamentably
  • Today we mourn these heroes who gave the last full measure in support of freedom.From the entry last full measure
  • Everyone has to work, they mourned, and that takes its toll.2023 September 20, Lucy Ford, “How pop-music's hustle culture anthem was made redundant”, in GQ. From the entry grind
  • If the dinner party does become extinct, I will mourn its passing.2023 July 15, Rachel Cooke, “No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it”, in The Observer, →ISSN. From the entry dinner party
  • They marched through Gushan District and released sky lanterns to mourn victims and pray for Hong Kong.2020 June 5, C. Chuang, “Vigils Marking June 4 Held in Taipei, Kaohsiung [悼念六四31週年 北燭光晚會.高放天燈]”, in Public Television Service, archived…. From the entry Gushan
  • Nearly everywhere is a Manscape now, and we need not mourn the fact.1995, Richard North, Life on a Modern Planet: A Manifesto for Progress, page 207. From the entry manscape
  • T” ungrieve its woes this world hath long endeavored, When may love's heart cease to mourn?1969, Alexander's Magazine - Volumes 4-5, page 155. From the entry ungrieve
  • Yesterday the local entertainment industry mourned the loss of two stalwarts, veteran masman McDonald “Mac” Ward and comedian Peter Joseph.2017 December 22, Shane Superville, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. From the entry masman
  • Strange acknowledged the dangers of wingsuit BASE jumping on his social media accounts and mourned the deaths of fellow jumpers.2015 October 2, Veronica Rocha, “BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the…. From the entry base jumping
  • Park East Synagogue Sisterhood mourns the passing of Bluette Nordmann, dear mother of our beloved Rebbetzin Elisabeth and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.2010 November 9, “[Paid Notice: Deaths] Nordmann, Bluette”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry bluette
  • My child is already losing her Welshness, she mourned inwardly.2009, Lillian M. Henry, In Bristol Fashion, AuthorHouse, page 202. From the entry mumsy
  • There's nothing to do but mourn, and the pain will disappear a lot faster if you lean into it.2005, Martha Beck, Wisdom from Finding Your Own North Star, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry lean into
  • Mourned Candidate La Guardia: "What a shellacking they gave me!"1929 November 18, “National Affairs: Vote Castings”, in Time. From the entry shellacking
  • I did mourn sad and greatsome.2015, John Boom, The Watch of the Golden Dragon Turtle. From the entry greatsome
  • One train of thought, for instance, suggests that the genre provides nameable, explicable corpses to mourn, after the senseless obliterations of the First World War.2007 June 20, Trev Broughton, “More work for Margery Allingham”, in The Times Literary Supplement. From the entry nameable
  • And the two women mourned, uncomforted.1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige. From the entry uncomforted
  • The good, all those spirits to whom God has equalled you by his gift, and who were watching to welcome every noble sentiment in you, shall mourn over your fall.1989, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank, Ronald A. Bosco, The Complete Sermons of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Volume 3, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry unredeem

Meaning of mourn

  1. verb To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
  2. verb To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.
  3. verb To utter in a sorrowful manner.

Full definition of mourn

Questions about mourn in a sentence

How do you use mourn in a sentence?
Mourn is used as a verb and noun. For example: “For two months, she mourned her father's passing.”
What is a short sentence with mourn?
“And the two women mourned, uncomforted.”
What does mourn mean?
Mourn means to express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mourn (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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