Sentence examples for mournful reflection from inspiring English sources
The occupant (whose identity has yet to be revealed) had died and Charlotte was plunged into mournful reflection.
The pop singer's first record since the terrorist bombing that killed 22 people last year as they left a concert of hers at England's Manchester Arena, "Sweetener" would likely have surprised few if it had arrived Friday as a heavy-hearted work of mournful reflection.
The play upon a known phrase – camera obscura – perfectly suits the author's mournful reflections on the power of photographs following the death of his mother.
For the first time the nation heard the mournful reflections of James Jaggers, the surgeon who transplanted organs from a deceased donor with blood type A into the body of 17-year-old Jesica Santillan, whose blood was type O.
The victim wears a mournful expression.
While retaining the warmth and intelligence that has served them so well thus far, What a Terrible World… finds the five-piece at their most wide-ranging, from the sea shanty-influenced Better Not Wake the Baby and the 50s harmonies of Philomena to the mournful, harmonica-led 12/17/12, a reflection on the Newtown school shootings.
(Some of the music comes from recordings). Mournful and elegiac in scenes of reflection, it turns astringent and chilling, with tensely plucked strings of various instruments, during the more dramatic moments.
Her expression is mournful but not melodramatic.
Mournful, wintry, gentle.
