1.   Beneath her the river snaked silver amongst the rushes and meadowsweet and a buzzard circling on high gave its own mournful cry.

2.   A loon sails along, giving a mournful cry, and far out, a ferry makes its way to the Inner Harbour.

3.   Flight attendants are besieged by mournful cries for decaffeinated coffee and pleas for blankets.

4.   John Paul listened to poignant rememberances of victims, and the mournful cry of a cantor praying for the souls of the dead.

5.   Later that night, I lay on a dock at the Timberland, listened to the mournful cry of loons, and even saw the northern lights.

6.   There was no fanfare, no dancing in the streets or mournful cries of despair.