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 when he discovered it was not, he took the carcass straightaway to the nearest fish-and-game officer and confessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grieved to the heart, I take up the pen to lament with you and my dear Sisters the loss we have just sustained.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas
