How to use grief in a sentence

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• After her mother's death, my friend grew remote for a time while she dealt with her grief.From the entry remote
• After the death of his wife, he was devoured by grief.From the entry devour
• Funerals are ten times worse with necrophobia in addition to grief.From the entry necrophobia
• Her eyes clouded over with grief as we told her what had happened.From the entry cloud over
• After all the grief my wife has put me through, I wonder why I'm still with her.From the entry put through
• My mum is still giving me grief for not getting a job. ― What else is new?From the entry what else is new
• Fred was giving me grief over the money I owed him.From the entry give someone grief
• He griefed, spammed, begged to be an administrator and did many other nooby things.From the entry nooby
• After years of estrangement, a shared grief drew the sisters together again.From the entry draw together
• My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.From the entry give
• The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.From the entry incline
• His widow was beside herself with grief.From the entry beside oneself
• Her elbow has been giving her grief.From the entry give someone grief
• Good grief man, control your libido!From the entry libido
• The only way he could deal with the grief following his wife's death was to get so plastered that he passed out.From the entry plastered
• Alongside the letters, any discussion of Cicero's understanding of grief must consider his Tusculan Disputations.2024, Anthony Smart, Grief & Sorrow in the Roman World, page 85. From the entry Tusculan
• And I’ve met a lot of people with climate grief and eco-anxiety.2020 April 2, Panu Pihkala, “Climate grief: How we mourn a changing planet”, in BBC Future. From the entry climate grief
• To have our grief colonized to facilitate a racist political agenda was beyond offensive.2017 June 13, One Year After Pulse, Don't You Dare Come for Any of Us (Lambda Legal). From the entry colonize
• Nando was pierced with grief, but he didn't allow himself to cry.2013, Bear Grylls, True Grit: the Epic True Stories of Heroism and Survival That Have Shaped My Life, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry salt
• Do you get grief from fellow militant singles for being a backslider?2012 June 20, Brian Bethune, “Two against one: About coupledom and the stigma of being single”, in Maclean's. From the entry backslider
• Understand how to "communalize" grief so units can get through difficult times together.2011, Naval War College Review - Volume 64, Issues 1-4, page 17. From the entry communalize
• Not the nation state; not religious worship; not the deepest grief of a people marked by hatred.2007 06, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism, →ISBN. From the entry hereness
• Becker, a classic overreacher, came to grief in an almost comical way.2007 June 20, William Grimes, “For a Corrupt New York, a Lawman Who Fit In”, in New York Times. From the entry overreacher
• WTF do you know about separations or divorces? ¶ Good grief!2006 August 28, ML, “Re: Everything Is Better Now”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet). From the entry sthu
• A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief.2006, Olga Freidenberg, Image and Concept. From the entry death-bearing
• This grief is only another side of loving, one part of what it is to be human.2006, Virginia Ironside, No! I Don’t Want to Join a Bookclub, Fig Tree, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 242. From the entry fruitcaky
• Haven't Americans lived long enough with the heartache of unassuageable grief?1997 March 14, Michael Miner, “What's Wrong With Being an Anti-Semite”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry unassuageable
• I keened my Gran, I keened my babies, but then my words poured out of my grief.1996, Virginia Warner Brodine, Seed of the Fire, New York, N.Y.: International Publishers, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry keen
• Without the heavy grief on me I can maybe think of the words easier.1996, Virginia Warner Brodine, Seed of the Fire, New York, N.Y.: International Publishers, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry keen
• He's done those lads at a tandoori when they started giving him grief.1991 03, Punch. From the entry tandoori
• Speed soon falls and a number of heavy hop-pickers' specials have come to grief here.1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170. From the entry steepen
• Their love and his grief were relegated to the boxroom of his mind.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Bleeding Heart”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 187. From the entry box room
• The sudden spasm of grief that swept her little heart welled to her hauntsome eyes.1922, Everett MacDonald, Slimtonian Socker. From the entry hauntsome
• There were no red eyes, no signs of secretly indulged grief.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 57. From the entry decorum
• "Trying to help women who've come to grief." Old Jolyon didn't quite understand.1906 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property: Interlude. From the entry magdalene
• To Nic, everything was connected to grief.2026, Emma Green, chapter 1, in The Not-So Great Escape, London: Usborne Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry nuggets

Meaning of grief

1. noun Suffering, hardship.
2. noun Emotional pain, generally arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, bereavement, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
3. noun A cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; a trial.

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Questions about grief in a sentence

How do you use grief in a sentence?

Grief is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The neighbour's teenagers give me grief every time they see me.”

What is a short sentence with grief?

“The betrayal caused Jeff grief.”

What does grief mean?

Grief means suffering, hardship.