grief-stricken

Example Sentences

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As Nashville residents hold vigils for the victims of Monday's mass shooting at a school, this corner of a city known for its music and live entertainment has fallen into a grief-stricken hush.

From BBC

The team became the face of a grief-stricken school after a gunman killed three students and injured five others in a campus shooting on Feb. 13.

From Seattle Times

His grief-stricken family has sought explanations as to how doctors could have found their loved one competent to “choose” death much less needful of it.

From Washington Post

Ginger and Kendal were still too grief-stricken to speak, so Hailee and her uncle prepared remarks.

From Salon

We’re feeling sad and grief-stricken, and tired and taken for granted, clear-eyed about what we’ve lost and the stakes of the time we have left.

From Washington Post