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Mournful cries filled the streets, echoed by the gulls that wheeled above.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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On the fortieth day of protests, a newly formed committee of Mournful Mothers of Iran gathered at the graveside of Neda Agha Soltan, who was killed in the streets of Tehran during the protests.
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Mournful cries filled the streets, echoed by the gulls that wheeled above.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Mournful is the Holy City whose mayor is a shvontz.
Bradley Burston: Tea Party Jews: Betraying the U.S. and Israel at the Same Time 2010
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“Mournful whales sing out, turning words into rainbows, on an isle of green.”
The Multiplying Menace Amanda Marrone 2010
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Christopher Golden, The Mournful Cry of Owls: So who were the vampires: the owls?
[REVIEW] Many Bloody Returns – Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner (eds.) « Urban Fantasy Land 2008
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The day was cold and clear. \expndtw2 Mournful seagulls swooped overhead.
Poem About Never Growing Up Ryan McDermott 2010
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Christopher Golden's "The Mournful Cry of Owls" tells of a mother who, on her daughter's birthday, must explain the strange truth of the girl's ancestry.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2007
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Mournful and soulful music in the style of country, blues and jazz capture the sorrow and hopelessness, as well as the never-going-to-give-up spirit of the lead character, Max.
Good Boy (2009) 2009
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Mournful forebodings could be read in his own face.
A Woman of Thirty 2007
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