mourn
verb (used without object)
to feel or express sorrow or grief.
mourned
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past participleof mourn.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mourn.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mournverb (used without object)to feel or express sorrow or grief.
Example Sentences
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Graham as one of Israel’s strongest friends in Washington and mourned the loss of a close personal friend.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Only in retrospect could she see that the permanence she mourned had never been fixed; it was a world her parents had continually worked to hold in place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Juan Antonio Rodriguez, a 71-year-old colonel in the interior ministry, mourned the loss of one of the last members of Cuba's old guard.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Fired last week, Mr. Pelley mourned the end of his 37-year career at the Tiffany Network and raged at philistines who took over the show on which he worked for more than two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
As boys like Manfred Schroeder sat at their desks, they mourned their classmates lost in the war.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
