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

I’m finding it hard to tell anyone other than my husband why I am grieving.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

My own parents are deceased, and I am grieving their absence as we plan our wedding, which makes me feel this rejection even more acutely.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2021

“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

He will be happy, child; but for thee I am grieving.

From Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead by Raine, Allen