How to Use grief in a Sentence

grief

noun

• I've had enough grief for one day.
• His friends have been giving him a lot of grief.
• He's taken a lot of grief from his friends.
• Trying to fix the computer isn't worth the grief.
• She was overcome with grief.
• He has been unable to recover from his grief at his son's death.
• The grief and the pain are things that are out of his control.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 25 June 2018
• The grief that Raja feels at the loss of the dream is deep.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
• As the sky-blue evening gives in to the cerulean night, grief cedes ground.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• But be prepared to guide them through some of the stages of grief as well.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 June 2020
• If my rage is fire, then my grief is the gasoline and the match.
  — SELF, 2 June 2022
• The stage of grief had switched from anger to depression.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• My goodness—think about the grief that comes with that.
  — The Atlantic, 18 June 2020
• Joy overwhelmed grief in a space the size of a penalty box.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 1 May 2018
• Cross spoke about the best way for the family and friends to deal with grief.
  — Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2018
• Don’t lose sight of who has helped you and who has caused you grief.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
• There is often the idea that grief is a sign of love and respect.
  — Jacy Topps, Allure, 30 July 2019
• There's been a lot of anguish, a lot of grief about it.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 June 2020
• These are the things people say in their grief and sorrow.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 14 June 2017
• The loneliness of non-oral autism was a source of deep grief.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• That kind of grief can hit hard, even when the decision was for the best.
  — Love Letters.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• That's nothing in terms of the grief timetable, in my opinion.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
• The grief and bad memories are like a weight around my neck.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022
• But to turn all his grief and fury on Louis like this is painful.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• The people in the pews, deep into their grief by then, gasped.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
• There was grief again, and the mournful sound of bagpipes echoed again.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
• The couple is still dealing with their own grief and guilt.
  — Joe Ward, Chicago Reader, 28 Mar. 2018
• All expressed equal measures of grief from those who knew the two men.
  — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2019
• Some knew him; some knew only the grief of losing a child.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• After his death, a wave of emotions and grief hit me all at once.
  — Ashley Jackson, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024