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as in grieves
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death
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as in laments
to feel or express sorrow for
an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater
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Recent Examples of mourns
As Hollywood mourns the loss of Catherine O’Hara, one of her Canadian comrades is paying tribute.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2026
Our union mourns his loss and our thoughts are with his family, his union, and his community.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
In his masterful first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, ghouls and spirits keep chattering away, as if at a corner barbershop, while Abraham Lincoln mourns his dead 11-year-old son, Willie.
—Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
No one mourns the wicked, indeed.
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The fashion world mourns another great name.
—Francesco Martino, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2026
Family mourns relatives Three members of the same family — 72-year-old Mohamed Hamouda, his 15-year-old granddaughter and his daughter-in-law — were killed when 26-foot wall collapsed onto their tent in a coastal area along the Mediterranean shore of Gaza City, Shifa Hospital said.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
And as the university mourns Ward’s death, Self helped to put the win in perspective.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
As the Kennedy family mourns the death of 35-year-old Tatiana Schlossberg, her mom Caroline Kennedy is reportedly drawing strength from her late mother Jackie Onassis Kennedy.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2026
Our union mourns his loss and our thoughts are with his family, his union, and his community.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
In his masterful first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, ghouls and spirits keep chattering away, as if at a corner barbershop, while Abraham Lincoln mourns his dead 11-year-old son, Willie.
—Pico Iyer, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
No one mourns the wicked, indeed.
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The fashion world mourns another great name.
—Francesco Martino, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2026
Family mourns relatives Three members of the same family — 72-year-old Mohamed Hamouda, his 15-year-old granddaughter and his daughter-in-law — were killed when 26-foot wall collapsed onto their tent in a coastal area along the Mediterranean shore of Gaza City, Shifa Hospital said.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
And as the university mourns Ward’s death, Self helped to put the win in perspective.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
As the Kennedy family mourns the death of 35-year-old Tatiana Schlossberg, her mom Caroline Kennedy is reportedly drawing strength from her late mother Jackie Onassis Kennedy.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mourns
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In an emotional video posted Thursday, Kim thanked supporters for their prayers and asked for privacy as his family grieves.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Neytiri grieves the loss of her home and her tribe and resents Jake for it.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Dec. 2025
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Perhaps the most significant invocation of maternity comes when Ser Lyonel laments that Baelor is a more favored son than his brother Maekar.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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In the same newsletter championing bovine contact, Means laments a spiritual crisis of connection to nature.—
Rina Raphael,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Fast forward to now, Banks regrets the interaction.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
17 Feb. 2026
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But Parker has also taken a few creative liberties and made adaptational alterations — including a key conversation that the showrunner now regrets leaving out.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Mourns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mourns. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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