How to Use vigil in a Sentence

vigil

noun

• 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
• 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 city of Monterey Park plans to hold a vigil Tuesday evening to honor the victims.
  — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The 24-hour vigil recreates early visitors’ 24 hours in the cave.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• When the mojito craze hit, Otavio and I brightened, sure our lonely vigil was about to end.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Together, those at the vigil expressed hope that Shabazz will heal.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
• So the bakery owner kicked into planning mode for the vigil.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
• The fundraiser drew a standing-room-only crowd and follows a vigil the group held on the House steps in November.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• More than 100 people attended the vigil, which was held on the northwest end of Newton Hill, a short distance from the high school.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Sunday's vigil was a block from the Dollar General store where the shooting took place.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• Not the black granite wall—that sea of sacrifice—but the sculpture of three soldiers who stand their vigil by the wall, as if on the shore, staring out to that sea.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
• People gather Sunday at a vigil for the victims of the mass shootings in Lewiston.
  — Madison Lambert, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• Last summer, for example, cops spotted the farm and, despite Gorey’s vigil, cut down around a quarter of the plants.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Fans gathered to create a shrine to the singer outside of her London home and held candlelight vigils.
  — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• Families of hostages carry candles and raise placards during a vigil on the first night of Hanukkah in Tel Aviv.
  — NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• The event that seems to have led to last month’s attack was a candlelight vigil, held in Tel Aviv a few days after October 7th.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
• About 200 teenagers and young adults attended a vigil for Kamren in front of the McDonald’s on Wednesday night.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
• The night ended with a candlelight vigil to honor the women, girls and allies fighting for women's rights in Iran and Afghanistan and across the world.
  — Sydney Carruth, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2023
• His stamina appeared to hold during the vigil, which lasts more than two hours, although Francis at times coughed or cleared his throat.
  — Frances D'emilio, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
• In the letter, Ruiz said agitators heckled mourners at the vigil before putting up the posters.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
• Last March, on the night before the hearing, LaKeith’s supporters held a vigil in Montgomery.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• On plastic chairs, a huddle of young soldiers sat vigil — waiting for dawn to break, waiting for the next group of mourners to appear.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The city held an online vigil Friday night with clergy members, prayer and music.
  — David Sharp, Patrick Whittle, Holly Ramer and Michelle R. Smith The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2023
• Rodney Wells is calling for those protests to be peaceful, echoing the same call from Nichols' mother at a Thursday vigil.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
• Charles, 75, carried out a meaningful vigil by the Queen's side in her room at Balmoral Castle just a few hours before her death.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024