mourn
verb (used without object)
to feel or express sorrow or grief.
has mourned
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present perfectof mourn (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has mourned with every stricken town, but no subject has touched him more personally than the devastation in Dawson Springs, his father’s hometown and a place he has visited his entire life.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
No sport has mourned as much as basketball over the past 16 months.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2021
Since the death of Bobby Murdoch in 2001, the club has mourned the loss of goalkeeper Ronnie Simpson, winger Jimmy "Jinky" Johnstone and Tommy Gemmell, who scored the equaliser.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2019
In eulogizing McCain, one speaker after another has mourned the passing of a style of politics he represented — not bipartisan, because he wasn’t, but open to working with the other side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2018
She will marry you after she has mourned a little while for her father; and Heaven grant you long and happy days, and may your children's children stand round your death bed!
From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
