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we all grieved over the lost cat
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Recent Examples of grieved
Kimberly King, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
The five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – are tools to help name what a grieved person may be feeling.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
When violence shattered a life dedicated to public argument and persuasion, our divided nation was shocked, angry, confused, grieved, and afraid.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Chung adds that her decision to preserve MisTricks in this way has been a source of comfort as she's grieved the death of her pup.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Fans left notes, flowers, and grieved together.
—Amanda Hari, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
The Duluth Police Union successfully grieved the decision, returning Leibried to his job.
—Peter Passi, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Processing an old resentment today could bring it up fully and out into the open where it can be seen, understood, learned from, grieved and forgiven.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday, the actress grieved Kinsella’s death with a heartfelt statement, more than 15 years after starring as shopping addict Rebecca Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), which was based on the series of novels that ultimately spanned from 2000 to 2019.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025
Users of both Replika and GPT-4o, an older model offered within ChatGPT, have grieved when technical changes caused their bots to lose memories or otherwise shift their behavior.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
Those who have lost and those who have grieved understand what this weight feels like.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Processing an old resentment today could bring it up fully and out into the open where it can be seen, understood, learned from, grieved, and forgiven.
—Kimberly King, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2026
The five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – are tools to help name what a grieved person may be feeling.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
When violence shattered a life dedicated to public argument and persuasion, our divided nation was shocked, angry, confused, grieved, and afraid.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
But anyone who has ever grieved knows there will be no closure for these families; there will be only an opening, a void where someone was and now isn’t.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Chung adds that her decision to preserve MisTricks in this way has been a source of comfort as she's grieved the death of her pup.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Fans left notes, flowers, and grieved together.
—Amanda Hari, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
The Duluth Police Union successfully grieved the decision, returning Leibried to his job.
—Peter Passi, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Processing an old resentment today could bring it up fully and out into the open where it can be seen, understood, learned from, grieved and forgiven.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
On Wednesday, the actress grieved Kinsella’s death with a heartfelt statement, more than 15 years after starring as shopping addict Rebecca Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), which was based on the series of novels that ultimately spanned from 2000 to 2019.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2025
Users of both Replika and GPT-4o, an older model offered within ChatGPT, have grieved when technical changes caused their bots to lose memories or otherwise shift their behavior.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
Those who have lost and those who have grieved understand what this weight feels like.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieved
Adjective
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That title follows the tragic story of British teenager Molly Russell, who was driven by social media to take her own life in 2017, and her heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind her death.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2026
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Savannah Guthrie and her heartbroken family are now offering a $1 million reward in hopes of receiving information about the whereabouts of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Tucson, Arizona, home nearly a month ago.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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And while grief is different for everyone, experts say collective grief can intensify when a public figure is mourned widely.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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In a statement shared on social media, the Vikings mourned the death of their teammate.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Immediately, a dispirited city administration came to life, with particular focus on quality-of-life issues affecting residents and visitors.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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People should be more excited and less dispirited about artificial intelligence, according to billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the bitter New Hampshire night, my skull ached with tight, tectonic pressure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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That hand must have ached profoundly by the time the group departed.—
Harold Holzer,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The word that comes to mind when watching a de Araújo feature is heartsick.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Brolin plays a particularly heartsick parent coming for Garner and demanding answers about his missing daughter.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Emma looked at the phone in his hand and sighed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Johnson sighed and rubbed a hand over her head in relief.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Fennell also cut the novel’s frame story, in which the events of the story are told by the housekeeper Nelly (played in the movie by Hong Chau) to an outside observer years after all the sorrowful drama that befouled Heathcliff and Cathy.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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With its family friction and its outsiders’ view of a fast-growing city in a young, postwar country, Shame and Money casts a piercing, sorrowful gaze at the ground-level effects of globalization.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In two years Curt Cignetti took a woebegone college team, with nary a five-star player, to an undefeated national championship.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Chargers would clinch the sixth-seeded spot with a victory over the Broncos or a loss by the Buffalo Bills to the woebegone New York Jets or a tie with the Broncos and a tie by the Bills or a tie with the Broncos and a loss by the Texans.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Grieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieved. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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