grieving

Example Sentences

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She spent the hours after she was told of her friend's diagnosis grieving, then plotting.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

"I know you're all grieving in your own way because of my decision, but you knew it was coming for a while," he said in a statement shared to Instagram.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Fox had died two years before, on his 85th birthday, and Patchett was still grieving.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The Oscar winner stars alongside Andrew Rannells in a wonderfully performed film about a grieving woman and her absent son’s assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

During the Mass, Ma tightened a leather belt around her belly, the way some old Haitian women tightened rags around their middles when grieving.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat