grieving

Example Sentences

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Some family members are angry that their year of grievin might end with the eventual release of their loved ones’ killer.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

If no other person notices it, that's because they're too busy grievin'.

From Final Proof or the Value of Evidence by Ottolengui, R.

Food fills the wame, an' keeps us leevin; Tho' life's a gift no worth receivin, When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin; But, oil'd by thee, The wheels o' life gae down-hill, scrievin, Wi' rattlin glee.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

But if we can’t help it, mister, what’s the sorter use in grievin’?

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

The one that’s caught’s dead, and them that are left are too busy hustlin’ for the next meal to waste much time grievin’.

From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby