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
I was very close with him and I’m grief-stricken.
From New York Times
This year, in another revisionist touch, Mexico City renamed the plaza where a grief-stricken Cortés supposedly mourned his losses as Noche Victoriosa, or Night of Victory.
From Los Angeles Times
By Tuesday, more than 5,000 grief-stricken Facebook users responded to the ranger’s story, with one user calling it “one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever read.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
