grieve
verb (used without object)
to feel grief or great sorrow.
was grieving
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past progressiveof grieve.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Now she was grieving the Taliban’s obliteration of the Afghan legal system and her degree, which was effectively useless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
It’s this exact type of cultural disappearance that Kojima was grieving during his weekend comments.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
He added that he was grieving his daughter.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
A pregnant Bethenny Frankel was grieving her estranged, recently deceased father and swatting away insults left and right.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
She came up from North Carolina and cared for y’all after Dennis died, because I was grieving and lost and I couldn’t move.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
