How to Use grief in a Sentence

grief

noun

• I've had enough grief for one day.
• His friends have been giving him a lot of grief.
• He's taken a lot of grief from his friends.
• Trying to fix the computer isn't worth the grief.
• She was overcome with grief.
• He has been unable to recover from his grief at his son's death.
• The grief that Raja feels at the loss of the dream is deep.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
• As the sky-blue evening gives in to the cerulean night, grief cedes ground.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• The grief and the pain are things that are out of his control.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 25 June 2018
• If my rage is fire, then my grief is the gasoline and the match.
  — SELF, 2 June 2022
• There's been a lot of anguish, a lot of grief about it.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 June 2020
• Two oilmen would come to grief, more or less, in the 1920s.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• My goodness—think about the grief that comes with that.
  — The Atlantic, 18 June 2020
• But be prepared to guide them through some of the stages of grief as well.
  — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 June 2020
• Don’t lose sight of who has helped you and who has caused you grief.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 June 2019
• That's nothing in terms of the grief timetable, in my opinion.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
• But a block away in Samadi’s house, the air was thick with grief.
  — Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
• The stage of grief had switched from anger to depression.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 30 May 2023
• The people in the pews, deep into their grief by then, gasped.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
• But to turn all his grief and fury on Louis like this is painful.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• Cross spoke about the best way for the family and friends to deal with grief.
  — Brandon Patterson, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2018
• Joy overwhelmed grief in a space the size of a penalty box.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 1 May 2018
• That kind of grief can hit hard, even when the decision was for the best.
  — Love Letters.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• The anger stage of grief is most pronounced with bad deaths, Carr says.
  — USA Today, 12 Mar. 2021
• There is often the idea that grief is a sign of love and respect.
  — Jacy Topps, Allure, 30 July 2019
• In the story, Luisa Loo seeks to find ways to help Mazzy process her grief.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
• The loneliness of non-oral autism was a source of deep grief.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• There was grief again, and the mournful sound of bagpipes echoed again.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2019
• As with any form of grief, everyone deals with the feelings differently.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• Late Tuesday and early Wednesday, the reactions poured in, and the collective tone was one of grief for what many see as a troubling turn for America.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024