as in to mourn
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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Recent Examples of grieve
Officials said the Walnuttown department will be covered by neighboring fire companies until at least Saturday, giving this crew time to process and grieve the losses.
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Dan Snyder, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Her family is still grieving and still desperately looking for answers, but the world has kept turning.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Apr. 2026
The victory brought some joy to trainer Mark Glatt and his family, who are grieving the death of his wife in February.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Although the family was grieving, there was a sense of purpose in Tucker’s gift.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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Dan Snyder, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Her family is still grieving and still desperately looking for answers, but the world has kept turning.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Apr. 2026
The victory brought some joy to trainer Mark Glatt and his family, who are grieving the death of his wife in February.
—Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Although the family was grieving, there was a sense of purpose in Tucker’s gift.
—Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieve
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Those prehistoric creatures who met their end around 65 million years ago are currently being memorialized online by dino-heads who mourn their mass extinction.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Fond farewells to Sugar the Surfing Dog Huntington Beach, California, was in mourning for Sugar the Surfing Dog, the first dog to be inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Long week of being sick, out of it, fatigue, body aches, not being able to move [or get] out of bed.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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Symptoms generally appear within one or two weeks of infection, and can include fever, headache, rash and body aches.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026
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While that same sun will always rise in the East and set in the West, the work of these artists affirms that each new day is ours to make anew — no matter what sorrows may lay behind us.—
Grant Klarich Johnson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sure, the case can be made for this contrast between scatological humor and serious insight working as a mirror for how quickly a person’s reality can shift from joy to sorrow, but the overall effect is puzzling.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Grieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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