Sentence examples for severe mourning from inspiring English sources
"They had severe mourning for a year, then lighter mourning".
Lady Mary changed out of severe mourning.
On this occasion, the usually severe black of the Queen's mourning dress was relieved by the crimson rubies and blues of the Garter star.
Such loss results in severe melancholic symptoms more profound than mourning; not only is the outside world viewed negatively but the ego itself is compromised.
They can seem stark and severe, or discreetly shrouded, almost upholstered, like presences in perpetual mourning or objects in perpetual storage.
Violet is still mourning the death of her sister, and Finch is suffering from severe bipolar depression.
He arrives in full mourning and announces his brother's death in Paris of a severe chill, a story undermined by Algernon's presence in the guise of Ernest.
Those refraining from mourning or showing solidarity toward his passing has been met with swift and somewhat severe repercussions.
The usually boisterous group was unusually quiet, mourning the loss of 14 of their community and worried about the 35 others who suffered severe burns.
Twelve-year-old Gana's very public mourning for her last child gained widespread attention last year after the baby gorilla died of a severe intestinal infection at three months.
