grieving

[ UK /ɡɹˈiːvɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹivɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. sorrowful through loss or deprivation
    bereft of hope
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How To Use grieving In A Sentence

  • He was helping his wife who was still grieving and that New Year's Eve was the first night out they had had together for a long time.
  • Before you turn the page, wondering why I've chosen such a dreadful piece of sugary sentimentalism for this week's painting, give Greuze's grieving girl a second glance.
  • A table is set up with cards and pamphlets with information on caring for people who are dying and grieving once they are gone.
  • She had felt detached from all the open grieving and eulogizing and commiserating as though she had been watching events unfold from the director's chair behind the camera. The Painter's Wife, a short story
  • I know "normal" is not technically "whatever someone is" - it's more like, whatever's normal for you in grieving is normal for you in grieving. Intertribal: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW. DEEP SYMPATHY.
  • His death had devastated her, and her grieving was all the greater for its secret, unsanctioned nature. HERE BE DRAGONS
  • The grieving process is typically slow, gradually winding along until it eventually lessens.
  • By 1987 it was clear that the grieving period was over as politicians manoeuvred for supremacy.
  • But, unbeknown to his grieving colleagues above, the plucky soldier had managed to discover a pocket of air - after making an amazing 90 ft dive completely unaided.
  • He said the greatest lesson he learned from his maternal grandfather was the support he offered grieving families.
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