grief-stricken

ADJECTIVE
  1. sorrowful through loss or deprivation
    bereft of hope
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How To Use grief-stricken In A Sentence

  • A drunken, grief-stricken sailor is the only member of the medical staff on board who can possibly perform a delicate life-saving operation on the officer.
  • Churches in the grief-stricken communities of Camblesforth and Strensall will open their doors tomorrow to offer spiritual support for villagers.
  • And he was asking it of the grief-stricken mother who was about to lose her only daughter. Steve Young: Demanding Compassion (This Morning's Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • As the ceremony unfolded, grief-stricken relatives clung to each other for support inside a specially erected marquee.
  • The diplomats will be on hand to offer their condolences and reassurances to the grief-stricken nurses.
  • Yet Kwaque bore no grudge against Michael, and was himself so interested in his lord's welfare and comfort -- this lord who had saved his life that terrible day on King William Island from the two grief-stricken pig-owners -- that he cherished Michael for his lord's sake. CHAPTER V
  • Throughout the day, grief-stricken fellow pupils laid flowers at the main entrance of the school with many breaking down in tears.
  • Her grief-stricken sisters tried to help her but she was inconsolable.
  • The griever is expected, after missing a few days of work, to act normal, to show no emotion that may be seen as sad, maudlin, angry, or grief-stricken. Society and Death « Colleen Anderson
  • As he looked back at her, rough-coated and grief-stricken, he could see Terrence hovering solicitously near her. Chapter 1
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