Examples of grieve in a Sentence
Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Books ‘Alienist’ author Caleb Carr — grieving his late cat — reflects on his life amid battle with cancer
April 15, 2024
Right after Lisa died, people brought books to help me.
—Richard Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Many of Kitchens’ friends took to Facebook to grieve and show their love for her.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
With control over the accounts belonging to two dozen grieving families, authorities alleged, Craffy oversaw cumulative losses of $3.7 million stemming from shady trades that net him about $1.4 million in commissions.
—Alex Horton, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
State officials met with the grieving relatives on Monday.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 15 Apr. 2024
This is what he's learned about grieving a sibling — About 60000 children a year in the U.S. lose a sibling.
—NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
Last summer, his first headlining tour resumed a week after his grandfather’s funeral, leaving Flores with little time to grieve.
—Josh Crutchmer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Nevertheless, when the Roseanne-less show premiered on Oct. 18, 2018 — 30 years to the day of the original debut — Barr’s character had died three weeks earlier from an opioid overdose and the family was grieving.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Grieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grieve. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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Middle English greven "to distress, grieve," from early French grever (same meaning), from Latin gravare "to burden," from gravis "heavy, serious" — related to aggravate, grave entry 3, gravity
Medical Definition
grieve
verbEric Schlosser, The Atlantic MonthlyVirginia Hughes, Scientific American
Legal Definition
grieve
verbM. A. KellyJackson v. Liquid Carbonic Corp., 863 F.2d 111 (1988)
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