grief-stricken

Example Sentences

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Jota was hugely-popular as a team-mate and player, leaving those at Liverpool grief-stricken.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Tyndale introduced the English people to a God who eats with sinners, heals the sick and comforts the grief-stricken: a loving God on a mission to rescue mankind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

A grief-stricken community in northern Canada will mourn with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday, who is headed to the remote town of Tumbler Ridge to honor victims of a mass shooting.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

After the killing, when Gandbhir’s lens shifts to interrogation footage mixed with scenes of a broken community’s grief-stricken public protesting, we get more proof of who in our society gets the benefit of the doubt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Even the grief-stricken widow seemed to have gotten used to me.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx