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

Ginger and Kendal were still too grief-stricken to speak, so Hailee and her uncle prepared remarks.

From Salon

We’re feeling sad and grief-stricken, and tired and taken for granted, clear-eyed about what we’ve lost and the stakes of the time we have left.

From Washington Post

There were counselors available at the school Wednesday and the teachers were grief-stricken, the girl said.

From Washington Post