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grief-stricken

[greef-strik-uhn] / ˈgrifˌstrɪk ən /


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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

Jessie Buckley, who plays the grief-stricken Agnes, is odds-on favourite for best leading actress after winning the best drama actress honours at the Golden Globes.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

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

She also stars as the grief-stricken woman at its heart.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2025

“Well,” Brinker qualified judiciously, “not actually killed. Finny’s hanging between life and death at home, in the arms of his grief-stricken old mother.”

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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