grief

[ɡriːf]

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.