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grieving

  • present participle
    of grieve.
    grieve
    verb (used without object)
    to feel grief or great sorrow.
  • a word derived from grieve.
    grieve
    verb (used without object)
    to feel grief or great sorrow.

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“It’s knowing that I’m not alone in grieving my family. It’s seeing everyone else and seeing how they’re OK and knowing we’re gonna be OK,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

In the days after the murder, Robert's five grieving sisters and his devastated fiancée, Bridgeen Hagans, had even less information about the murder than the police.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

To be fair to the children, they are grieving and may be angry and confused.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

At funeral after funeral, grieving parents said the same thing: All they did wrong was send their kid to school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Marsha, still grieving the loss of her baby and frustrated by the meddling, reacted badly to the police questioning.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson