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
Nathanel’s grieving parents soon decided to realize his dream by bringing their move date forward, despite the war.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieve
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Family members mourned Lincoln’s death in the weeks following the alleged murder.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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What conversations were had about the doc with the family, who were obviously in mourning at the time.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
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My vanity ached at the thought.—
Susan Orlean,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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The pain of that premature departure still aches more than a decade on.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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On the day peace came, there were mixed emotions — some felt joy; others sorrow.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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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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