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
Ali Daei, a top international goal scorer and Iranian team captain, said he declined to go when his country was “grief-stricken.”
From Seattle Times
At the end of “Flight Pattern,” she and Marcellino Sambé offer a beautifully danced, grief-stricken pas de deux — more balletic than the rest of the piece — as snow falls around them.
From New York Times
He said a week ago the hopes and dreams of a member of the school community were taken from him in an "unimaginably cruel fashion" and staff and students remained "bewildered and grief-stricken".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
