grieve
verb (used without object)
to feel grief or great sorrow.
grieves
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present tense formof grieve (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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"Everyone grieves differently and every circumstance is different so you need to take your time over it," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
"Seattle grieves with you, and we will stand with you in the difficult days ahead."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Heaney grieves the violence, memorializing its complexity and horror in a poem that can stand with Yeats and Auden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
“This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
Celia grieves for her husband, not for his death, not yet, but for his mixed-up allegiances.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
