Example Sentences

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There are griefs other than antisemitism and racism, she complains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The conversation ranges from what people think constitutes “a good death” to griefs they carry: old and new, individual and collective.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2023

This might be dramatised fiction but the losses and griefs are very real.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2022

“Even in WandaVision — really all of the films I’ve gotten to do — she’s constantly straddling this line and usually her biggest emotive losses or griefs are when something’s born,” Olsen said.

From The Verge • May 9, 2022

“Mother,” he turned toward her with eyes full of despair, “if you could ha’ knowed back in 1830 of all the griefs you’d hev.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt