mourning clothes

collocation in English

meaningsofmourningandclothes

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mourning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmɔːr.nɪŋ/
great sadness felt because someone ...
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clothes
noun[plural]
uk
/kləʊðz/us
/kloʊðz/
things such as dresses and trousers that you wear to cover, protect, or decorate ...
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(Definition ofmourningandclothesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Funerals tend to be smaller and simpler and the custom of wearingmourningclotheshas almost passed away.
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Imagination is dulled, the world has become aphasic, opaque, and sullen; it is wearingmourningclothes.
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They wore their hair unkempt and put on blackmourningclothes.
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Theirmourningclothesindicate his father has died.
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Many were wearing blackmourningclothesor had injuries from the earthquake.
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Relatives stood in blackmourningclothesand white headbands.
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The men are dressed in a white robe with black velvet conical hat; the women inmourningclothes.
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She woremourningclothesfor the rest of her life, and devoted herself to charity.
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L, believing it to be inappropriate to receive such honors inmourningclothes, took off his mourning clothesand this drew much criticism from others.
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After that had passed, however, he continued to wearmourningclothes.
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She does not want to wearmourningclothesany longer now that she is in love.
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Zong put onmourningclothes(which included a white veil, thus covering his face) and tried to ride a donkey to flee.
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There she continued to sing until the death of her husband in 1803, when she retired and woremourningclothesfor the rest of her life.
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