Examples of mournful in a Sentence

she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead

Recent Examples on the Web His admirable Weight of the World, released in October, had mournful lines about his brother Madu’s death and a sense of aching nostalgia. — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2022 Like his peers, Locane details gangland tales over unforgiving bass wallop and rat-a-tat percussion that are punctuated by mournful melodies and cinematic samples. — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 6 July 2022 People are hiding in basements, and children’s toys now include parts of rockets, Stepanova said with mournful eloquence. — New York Times, 15 July 2022 Rimes and Guyton start the song with a mournful chant, joined by Sheila E. on drums with her distinct percussion work. — Chloe Melas, CNN, 15 July 2022 One of the mournful elements of the show is that her daughter is the person who has most clearly paid the price of that rebellion. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 While Thor 3 blended quirky comedy with grim violence and mournful melodrama, Thor 4 feels closer in tone to one of those fake Asgardian plays. — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 5 July 2022 As the cluster of mourners advanced, it was met by the father of Jair and Yovani Valencia Olivares, who knelt on the road in mournful supplication. — New York Times, 1 July 2022 Written from the perspective of a scholar in visual rhetoric — a lesbian raising a toddler with her wife — the commentary calls out the photographer’s decision to depict her portrait subjects as solitary, contemplative, even mournful. — Melissa Hart, Longreads, 28 June 2022 See More

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