Symbol of mourning in Western culture.
1 Please take note, wearing a black armband tomorrow is NOT illegal.
2 Tobiasson-Svartman noticed that he was wearing a black armband on his left arm.
3 He was wearing a black armband and his face was wet with tears.
4 I was wearing a black armband for someone I knew.
5 Dad wore a black armband and a red bow tie.
6 Her father mourned his only daughter, pulling a black armband over his sleeve yet again.
7 McKennie wore a black armband with the message "Justice for George".
8 She wore a thin black armband over her dark coat as if she were in mourning.
9 For months afterward, Tom wore a black armband to show that he was in mourning for Tommy.
10 Alex half-expects her to whip out a red and black armband and announce that backsliders will be shot.
11 Little wonder that Ireland's John Mooney wanted to wear a black armband to commemorate the death of associate cricket.
12 Northern Ireland players will wear a plain black armband during Friday's World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan to mark Armistice Day.
13 Leading the mourners was a youth wearing a black armband on his sleeve, in his hands a three-foot-tall oak cross.
14 On Saturday night, the Fiji footballer Roy Krishna wore a black armband as his Wellington Phoenix team played the Brisbane Roar.
15 His hair was brushed back and he was wearing a jacket and tie and a black armband on his left arm.
16 It is a sign that Haiti will not perish, said Preval, wearing a black armband of mourning over his white shirt.
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