grief-stricken
Example Sentences
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Tyndale introduced the English people to a God who eats with sinners, heals the sick and comforts the grief-stricken: a loving God on a mission to rescue mankind.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
As the sun set in the grief-stricken Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Wednesday, hundreds gathered in a main square, lighting candles for victims of one of the country's worst-ever mass shootings.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
After leaving his newborn daughter in the care of his sister Bamie, a grief-stricken Roosevelt fled to his cattle ranch in the Dakota Territory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
After the killing, when Gandbhir’s lens shifts to interrogation footage mixed with scenes of a broken community’s grief-stricken public protesting, we get more proof of who in our society gets the benefit of the doubt.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025
Three massive grief-stricken rock-giants who reminded me of us, the way Dad, Noah, and I must’ve looked standing over Mom’s grave as if we might topple in after her.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
