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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
Art eventually processes its history—mourns it, rather.
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Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Amid playoff cheering hockey mourns the suicide of Claude Lemieux at 60.
—Greg Cote
may 31, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
Family mourns after crash The GoFundMe fundraiser said Gemeda and his wife came from Dembidolo, Ethiopia, less than a year ago and were in the process of settling their lives in Kansas.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
The Chicago Fire Department mourns the loss of a 30-year member who died today during a training exercise.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The family behind Jimboy’s Tacos mourns its president.
—Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
And a family mourns the loss of their ancestral home in southern Lebanon, when their whole village was levelled by Israel during the conflict.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 6 May 2026
Community mourns teen who never returned home Celeste’s family has largely stayed out of public view since her body was discovered.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Community mourns loss of teen A vigil was held at the park Monday night to remember the teen who was a student at Eagle Academy, just down the street.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Amid playoff cheering hockey mourns the suicide of Claude Lemieux at 60.
—Greg Cote
may 31, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
Family mourns after crash The GoFundMe fundraiser said Gemeda and his wife came from Dembidolo, Ethiopia, less than a year ago and were in the process of settling their lives in Kansas.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
The Chicago Fire Department mourns the loss of a 30-year member who died today during a training exercise.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
The family behind Jimboy’s Tacos mourns its president.
—Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026
And a family mourns the loss of their ancestral home in southern Lebanon, when their whole village was levelled by Israel during the conflict.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 6 May 2026
Community mourns teen who never returned home Celeste’s family has largely stayed out of public view since her body was discovered.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Community mourns loss of teen A vigil was held at the park Monday night to remember the teen who was a student at Eagle Academy, just down the street.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mourns
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The Professor, with only her ex-partner’s cat for company, sits in her decaying apartment and grieves the loss of her relationship and her struggle with infertility.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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The film follows a woman who grieves the loss of her mother by secretly attending the funerals of strangers.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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Deedson has played at stadiums now under gang control, and laments that Haitian kids aspiring to make the national team one day can’t use those vital facilities.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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On that song, Chapman laments about his unwillingness to evolve.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2026
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But on a certain level, Van Gundy will always be a Knicks lifer who regrets resigning from the team a quarter century ago and who was interested in his old job when David Fizdale and Tom Thibodeau were hired instead.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Perhaps Sylvie now regrets her time in Moscow, even the tenor of her politics.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Mourns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mourns. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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