grieve

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Recent Examples of grieve Nathanel’s grieving parents soon decided to realize his dream by bringing their move date forward, despite the war. Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 He is compensated for lamenting and comforting grieving families during funerals. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025 For various reasons, the three women are grieving a child. Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025 Shout out to Ayesha for giving voice to other married women who are grieving old identities and seeking the courage to craft new ones. Essence, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grieve
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieve
Verb
  • Family members mourned Lincoln’s death in the weeks following the alleged murder.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • What conversations were had about the doc with the family, who were obviously in mourning at the time.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My vanity ached at the thought.
    Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The pain of that premature departure still aches more than a decade on.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On the day peace came, there were mixed emotions — some felt joy; others sorrow.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Finney-Smith has become fan favorite in Dallas, so much so that fan reaction on social media was split between excitement and shock that the Mavericks acquired eight-time All-Star Irving, but also sorrow about Finney-Smith departure.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2023

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“Grieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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