grief-stricken
Example Sentences
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As Nashville residents hold vigils for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at a school, this corner of a city known for its music and live entertainment has fallen into a grief-stricken hush.
From BBC
The team became the face of a grief-stricken school after a gunman killed three students and injured five others in a campus shooting on Feb. 13.
From Seattle Times
But in Jalalabad, the grief-stricken father of the 10-year-old boy killed in Sunday’s blast described the recent attacks as an ominous portent.
From Seattle Times
His death has left his two sons grief-stricken and stunned, unable to understand how their father could make it through the hurricane’s wrath without a scratch only to perish in the heat that followed.
From New York Times
Twenty years ago, Americans were justifiably terrified and grief-stricken over 2,996 lives being snuffed out.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
