MOURN


Meaning of MOURN in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

mourn sb's death (= feel very sad after someone has died )

The entertainment world was last night mourning the actor's death.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

still

Although their families still mourn their loss, they have tried to put their grief behind them and rebuild their lives.

They still mourned the loss of their old identity.

He really did believe she was still mourning Tony.

His wife of 54 years, Carol, had died the year before, and he was still mourning her.

Andrej, still mourned , was a hard act to follow.

The Moors wept at leaving Granada and still mourn its loss in their evening prayers.

■ NOUN

death

He becomes one of the essential features of a good detective story-a victim whose death readers do not mourn .

loss

Although their families still mourn their loss , they have tried to put their grief behind them and rebuild their lives.

How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss .

The Moors wept at leaving Granada and still mourn its loss in their evening prayers.

In this house the Walls raised nine children, and mourned the loss of three other babies.

I had been so in love with her, and a part of me needed to mourn that loss of feeling.

In the case of divorce, the child also mourns the loss of his original family constellation.

Remember: They may still be mourning the loss of the parent who has died or left home.

The years fall away and Pennington is a lonely little boy, mourning the loss of his three big sisters.

people

Amid all the pride and sadness, the people of Candlestick mourned the death of a spirit.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

All the neighbours and relations who had come to mourn stood around the coffin.

His death was mourned by hundreds of former pupils and countless friends.

Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.

My mother never stopped mourning for my sister Frances, who died when she was four.

Residents mourned the loss of the trees.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Depression is something we allow to happen if we choose not to mourn .

How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.

In this house the Walls raised nine children, and mourned the loss of three other babies.

She drew me close and comforted me as I mourned my child and the bond between us had never been stronger.

Then Priam brought Hector home, mourned in Troy as never another.

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