grieve
Example Sentences
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You’re allowed to do whatever you want when you grieve.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
"We would like to thank everyone for their kind messages while we continue to grieve privately," they added.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It’s how we grieve and think, feel shame and remorse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
His siblings and parents asked for privacy as they grieve the loss of “a man who lived with intensity, imagination, and heart.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
She also felt this was personal— she had lost her daughter, and she wanted to grieve in a less public way.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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