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verb

past tense of grieve

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of grieved
Adjective
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
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 The sentiment was echoed across social media, as many grieved the loss of a long-operating part of American amusement park history. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 3 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 This very publication grieved its untimely passing. Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025 As the investigation into the plane crash continues, the country music world grieved the loss of a musical legend. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025 Kirk was an influential activist and commentator who successfully launched a conservative youth movement and whose tragic death is understandably grieved by those who knew and admired him. Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025 Known for her work with Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Ciara, Jennifer Lopez, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, John Legend, and more, the industry collectively grieved the loss of the visionary powerhouse. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 19 Sep. 2025 For months, Solomon has grieved his wife. Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grieved
Adjective
  • As the title suggests, the book details Turner's tale of a heartbroken widower who became an unlikely senior-citizen TV star on the first season of the reality show, which ended with an engagement to Nist.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Thomas told the outlet that her brother’s diagnosis left their family heartbroken.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Brady mourned the loss of Lua, which came just a year after his public divorce from wife and supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
    Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Ladd mourned her husband's death by posting a screenshot from The Hollywood Reporter story that announced the news.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • People should be more excited and less dispirited about artificial intelligence, according to billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Another resident, Matt Fontenot, described a dispirited town that spent the week on edge.
    Alexandra Koch , Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • His groin ached as if Sister Wang had been clutching him for years.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Smigiel’s right shoulder and elbow ached?
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Brolin plays a particularly heartsick parent coming for Garner and demanding answers about his missing daughter.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
  • As the titular Buffy, Gellar ably led her gang of monster-slayers (and heartsick teenagers) through seven seasons.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bright sighed with relief as volunteers handed over bread and other provisions to help get her family through the week.
    Jenny Abamu, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The audience sighed in relief and immediately got up to leave.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even at its most sorrowful, anti-authoritarian, and smart-alecky, Gunn’s work endorses a fundamentally promising vision of life.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Her sorrowful expression left many people in tears, and many shared their hopes for an adoption.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Tilda Swinton Courtesy of Netflix Through it all, Farrell’s Doyle stammers and sputters, his woebegone eyebrows carrying the full weight of his worries.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • With two more wins against the woebegone Chicago White Sox, Seattle could sneak to within 1 1/2 games before the Astros open a weekend series at Yankee Stadium on Friday.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025

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“Grieved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieved. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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