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Mourner | Mourning | Mourners | Mourn | Mourned | Mourns | Mournes

Mourner meaning

  1. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
  2. Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.

Synonyms of Mourner

griever sorrower lamenter unfortunate unfortunate person

Related words

Other words often associated with Mourner or its synonyms:

soul calamitous miserable infelicitous homeless someone fatal pathetic black hapless mortal unlucky

Using Mourner

  • The main meaning on this page is: Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns. | Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.
  • Useful related words include: griever, sorrower, lamenter, unfortunate.
  • In the example corpus, mourner often appears in combinations such as: mourner at, the mourner, mourner to.

Context around Mourner

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

separate 1× young 1× say 1× 1985 1× professional 1×

Often after:

holds 1× sheds 1× places 1× remembered 1× outside 1× prays 1× miguel 1×

Sentence patterns with Mourner

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a mourner holds a 1× a mourner places a 1× a mourner prays near 1× a professional mourner whose burden 1× a separate mourner s kaddish 1× a young mourner sheds a 1× another mourner at thursday 1× buttonhole a mourner to extract 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a jury has 1× a mourner holds 1× a mourner places 1× a mourner prays 1× a young mourner 1× another mourner at 1×

Common sentence endings:

about the deceased 1× an aberdeen pub 1× april 8 2018 1× bereft of tears 1× brother to him 1× each closing psalm 1×

Words around Mourner

Just before it in the word index:

mourned 165 mourne 9 mourn 307 mourinho 692 mourillon 2 mourgue 3

Just after it in the word index:

mourners 309 mournes 3 mournful 56 mournfully 6 mournfulness 2 mourning 694

Similar in corpus frequency:

abakaliki 59 abbasi 59 abductors 59 absolve 59 acceptability 59 acetic 59

Corpus analysis for Mourner

  • In this selection, "mourner" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, separate, young, say, holds, sheds and places stand out and add context to how "mourner" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a mourner holds a and a mourner places a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mourner" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mourner

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

To the bereaved, he is a mourner. (7 words)

A mourner prays near the Linwood mosque in Christchurch. (9 words)

A mourner holds a painting of environmental activist Manuel Paez Teran, known as Tortuguita. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Lajmi followed it up with Rudaali (1993), a film based on a story by Mahasweta Devi — another indication of her wide ambit of inspirations — about a widow who is a professional mourner, whose burden of personal woes leaves her bereft of tears. (42 words)

A young mourner sheds a few tears while amongst others during a candlelight vigil for Nevada Highway Patrol troopers Sgt. Michael Abbate and Alberto Felix at Allegiant Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Las Vegas. (36 words)

Humboldt Broncos' Nick Shumlanski is comforted by a mourner during a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena to honour the victims of a fatal bus accident in Humboldt, Sask. on Sunday, April 8, 2018. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Some synagogues try to multiply the number of times that the Mourner's Kaddish is recited, for example, reciting a separate Mourner's Kaddish after both Aleinu and then each closing Psalm.

A mourner holds a painting of environmental activist Manuel Paez Teran, known as Tortuguita.

A young mourner sheds a few tears while amongst others during a candlelight vigil for Nevada Highway Patrol troopers Sgt. Michael Abbate and Alberto Felix at Allegiant Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Las Vegas.

Not a day goes by when an Israeli family doesn’t enter our synagogue in tears, wanting to know when and where they can say Mourner’s Kaddish.

He added: “It’s a tabloid ritual, to send some young reporter to stake out Campbell to try to buttonhole a mourner, to extract that poetic final thought about the deceased.

The initiation of signals to the mourner and to his community that the process of seeking comfort from his grief has begun.

To the bereaved, he is a mourner.

A mourner places a candle in front of a photo of Tehran plane crash victims Kasra Saati and Arshia Arbabbahrami at Tomkins Park in Calgary on Friday, January 10, 2020.

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He is called ON from the word, “Aninut”, which means mourning, or “Onein”, a mourner, because he did not cease from mourning for having sided with Korach.

Lebanon's flag is tucked into a cowboy hat, worn by a mourner at a vigil in Calgary for victims of the Beirut explosion.

One mourner remembered the aspiring journalist as a ‘beautiful soul’ and for his sense of humour.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a man accused of deliberately mowing down a mourner outside an Aberdeen pub.

A mourner prays near the Linwood mosque in Christchurch.

Another mourner at Thursday’s vigil said Rodríguez was a like a brother to him.

In his 1985 mourner’s lament, “Kern River,” Mr. Haggard famously describes meeting and then losing his best friend in its treacherous waters.

Matthieu Gomercic, with the blonde hair, hugs a mourner at the Humboldt Broncos memorial service last year.

One mourner, Miguel Angel Pereira, 68, made the 70-kilometre (43-mile) journey from Santa Fe to pay his respects.

Humboldt Broncos' Nick Shumlanski is comforted by a mourner during a vigil at the Elgar Petersen Arena to honour the victims of a fatal bus accident in Humboldt, Sask. on Sunday, April 8, 2018.

Lajmi followed it up with Rudaali (1993), a film based on a story by Mahasweta Devi — another indication of her wide ambit of inspirations — about a widow who is a professional mourner, whose burden of personal woes leaves her bereft of tears.

The family was not allowed to bring Kirsh’s body to the Al Aqsa mosque and was forbidden to pitch a mourner’s tent and receive guests there, as is the Muslim custom.

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Common combinations with mourner

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mourner" in a sentence?
An example: "Some synagogues try to multiply the number of times that the Mourner's Kaddish is recited, for example, reciting a separate Mourner's Kaddish after both Aleinu and then each closing Psalm." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "mourner" from authentic English texts.
What does "mourner" mean?
Mourner means: Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
What are synonyms of "mourner"?
Common synonyms of "mourner" include: griever, sorrower, lamenter, unfortunate, unfortunate person.
How many example sentences with "mourner" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "mourner", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.