grieve
verb (used without object)
to feel grief or great sorrow.
am grieving
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present progressiveof grieve (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I’m holding all our families in my prayers…I am grieving for everyone who is suffering right now. I continue to mourn all innocent lives. My mission is peace.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
Said Lemley, “I am grieving for my family.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2021
But I am grieving, and boxing up her things in order to move in my own has been incredibly painful.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2020
“You are never going to be able to do everything to be perfect. It just doesn’t work that way … I am grieving a lot of the time I have missed with my children.”
From Fox News ● Dec. 4, 2019
I am grieving for my poor dear father, who is fighting in the wars far away; for my loved brothers, who have flown away from me into the clouds.
From Polish Fairy Tales by A. J. Glinski
