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

This year, in another revisionist touch, Mexico City renamed the plaza where a grief-stricken Cortés supposedly mourned his losses as Noche Victoriosa, or Night of Victory.

From Los Angeles Times

By Tuesday, more than 5,000 grief-stricken Facebook users responded to the ranger’s story, with one user calling it “one of the most heartbreaking things I’ve ever read.”

From Los Angeles Times

My husband is grief-stricken and I’m doing my best to support him since he wasn’t even able to be with his father at the end.

From Washington Post