Example Sentences
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Grieved and weary but joyful, in a way, I hope, that slowly savors rather than voraciously stuffs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2021
Grieved by his mother’s passing, Pershing wrote that “I had from her the finest heritage with which a parent can endow a child, a glorious memory.”
From New York Times • May 12, 2018
Dear Grieved, Perhaps you should be grateful that your mother didn’t bring a boom box to the burial site and blast “Happy” while doing a Pharrell Williams–style dance on the grave.
From Slate • Aug. 20, 2014
Grieved because this young woman might have been struggling for interminable moments, perhaps minutes, possibly hours, trapped and alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grieved in my heart I am to do it, sir.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
