grief-stricken

Example Sentences

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Jota was hugely-popular as a team-mate and player, leaving those at Liverpool grief-stricken.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

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

A grief-stricken community in northern Canada will mourn with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, who is headed to the remote town of Tumbler Ridge to honor victims of a mass shooting.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

The two grief-stricken men ache to be understood.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 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