grief

Definition:
1. A feeling of great sadness, especially when someone dies.
2. Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death.
3. Something that causes great unhappiness.

Use 'grief' in a sentence:

• 1. His voice was husky with grief.
• 2. Tears are as universal as laughter, and grief is more complex than joy.
• 3. I was prostrate with grief.
• 4. Their grief soon gave way to anger.
• 5. She was out of her mind with grief.
• 6. The intensity of the work left little room for personal grief or anxiety.
• 7. What does he do to express this deep and settling grief?
• 8. He caused his parents a lot of grief.
• 9. Her parents were overcome with grief at the funeral.
• 10. Overcome with shame and grief, they tried to cry and bemoan their fate.
• 11. There was another emotion, and for want of a better word he called it grief.
• 12. He thought his heart would burst with grief.
• 13. The mother, numb with grief, has trouble speaking.
• 14. They rent their clothes in grief.
• 15. Time cured him of his grief.
• 16. In a strange way she seemed ennobled by her grief.
• 17. Grief is something that, unfortunately, we must all experience at some time or other.
• 18. It was a grief to them that they had no children.
• 19. She was prostrate with grief after her son's death.
• 20. At length in her grief she went out, and the youngest kid ran with her.
• 21. She was overcome with grief when her husband died.
• 22. We all felt as if we were intruding on his private grief.
• 23. His grief was etched into every line of his face.
• 24. Children may need therapy to help them deal with grief and death.
• 25. Friends will see you are putting on a brave face and might assume you've got over your grief.
• 26. For months he was prostrated with grief.
• 27. There was no grief in his expression, only deep resignation.
• 28. Either he escaped, or he came to grief. In any case, he was never seen again.
• 29. The loneliness and grief comes in waves.
• 30. So many marriages have come to grief over lack of money.
• 31. Officials have lost no time in expressing their concern and grief over this incident.
• 32. They took the time to talk about the loss of Thomas and how their grief was affecting them.
• 33. I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
• 34. Talk to others about your feelings of loss and grief.
• 35. Is Lycidas an appropriate expression of grief over the death of Edward King?
• 36. His parents died with grief and he himself disappeared from these parts.
• 37. Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood.
• 38. Good grief! What a mess!
• 39. Her grief was still raw and he did not know how to help her.
• 40. Julia's soft heart was touched by his grief.
• 41. Our therapeutic style offers release from stored tensions, traumas, and grief.
• 42. To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe.
• 43. They were able to share their common joys and griefs.
• 44. His face expressed his grief more eloquently than any words.
• 45. Wails of grief were heard as visitors filed past the site of the disaster.
• 46. The news of his death produced an instant outpouring of grief.