David Benioff

I can't measure up to Homer. His composition has survived for nearly three millennia and remains the world's most beautiful and mournful depiction of war. But the story of the Trojan War does not belong to Homer. The characters he employs were legendary long before he was born.

American Novelist

Daniel Radcliffe

People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person.

British Actor

Janet Fitch

I write every day, including weekends. For writers, there are no weekends. It's just that your family is around, looking mournful, wondering when you're going to pay attention to them.

American Author

Ry Cooder

The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing.

American Musician

Rupert Friend

I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there.

English Actor

Lydia M. Child

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

American Activist

Georg Trakl

When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.

Austrian Poet

Pierre Loti

And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.

French Writer

David Mallet

The wailing owl Screams solitary to the mournful moon.

Scottish Dramatist

Franz Liszt

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Hungarian Composer

Use 'mournful' to describe personal feelings of deep sadness, especially during bereavement or loss.

Personal Sorrow

Mournful can imply regret or remorse over a particular event or situation.

Regretful Tone

Describe a person's behavior or facial expressions as 'mournful' to emphasize their state of grieving.

Expressing Grief

Use 'mournful' for music, settings, or weather that create a somber, reflective mood.

Melancholic Atmosphere

'Mournful' works well for creative writing, helping set a thoughtful, contemplative tone.

Reflective Mood

 I haven't been my whole life and I've been protester since I was 12 so um this moment is fraught and and mournful but also I feel more energized and I have probably in my entire life thank you for

LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...

 An appreciation of Poe’s career wouldn’t be complete without his haunting and hypnotic. His best-known poems are songs of grief, or in his words, “mournful and never-ending remembrance.”