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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mourn .
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Examples
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I just knew there'd be an article today in which Herold "mourns" the chimp and "expresses concern" about the human.
"Hurry, please! He ripped her face off... He's eating her...." Ann Althouse 2009
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Even if I put a comma after "mourns" in the second sentence, I don't understand the difference between "dead" and "departed."
HH Com 484 Miss Snark 2006
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Mr. Thomas gave New York no such opportunity, and she is now lamenting him as Tom Hood's "female Ranter" mourns "The Lost Heir," "for he's my darlin 'of darlin's."
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Various
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August 5th, 2009 Newly-single JESSICA SIMPSON "mourns" the end of
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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August 5th, 2009 Newly-single JESSICA SIMPSON "mourns" the end of a relationship every time she goes through a break-up, likening a love split to "a death in the family".
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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Newly-single Jessica Simpson "mourns" the end of a relationship every time she goes through a break-up, likening a love split to "a death in the family."
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USF-I also 'mourns' the 'passing' of a drone: "BAGHDAD -- A U.S.
Mikey Likes It! 2010
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USF-I also 'mourns' the 'passing' of a drone: "BAGHDAD -- A U.S.
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Looking at winter months, she mourns for Spring beauty, aged by the children who used to swing upon her branches.
My Single Mother Johnny Dantonio 2010
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Her sister, ten years her junior, mourns the loss of shiny things.
The House-Sitter Julie Innis 2010
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