How to Use grieve in a Sentence

grieve

verb
  • The children are still grieving the death of their mother.
  • It grieves me to see my brother struggling like this.
  • People need time to grieve after the death of a family member.
  • Her decision to live overseas grieved her mother.
  • Take time to grieve in the days, months, and even years to come.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 28 June 2022
  • Chege hasn’t had much time to grieve the loss of her job.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
  • That there doesn’t have to be a right and a wrong way to grieve.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 17 Oct. 2020
  • What’s the right way to grieve when the act won’t forgive a crime?
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The Franks, for their part, were ready to be out of the spotlight and able to grieve in peace.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
  • In Texas, the Afghan couple continues to grieve the loss of the child.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • And a New Yorker who, quite frankly, needs to take time to grieve.
    — Fox News, 27 Feb. 2021
  • And a New Yorker who, quite frankly, needs to take time to grieve.
    — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • And a New Yorker who, quite frankly, needs to take time to grieve.
    — Fox News, 27 Feb. 2021
  • These past six months have been a time to grieve and a time to be grateful.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There are about as many ways to grieve as there are ways to lose loved ones.
    — Christine Pride, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Vanessa and her fiancé would take the time to grieve and mourn the loss of their child.
    — Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • Many of Kitchens’ friends took to Facebook to grieve and show their love for her.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In the films, characters don’t get much time to grieve.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2021
  • There is not just one way to grieve, and there is no time schedule.
    — Nancy Berns, The Conversation, 27 July 2022
  • The tragic death of his father taught Ehlinger how to grieve.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Stephens and Almereyda have both been grieving the loss of David Lynch.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Ijabu Hassan has had no chance to grieve the deaths of her children.
    — Scott McWhinnie, CNN, 7 July 2022
  • Give yourself time to grieve, and then figure out where to click back in. 5.
    — Women's Health, 19 June 2023
  • His lover, the spy Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), has fled Wakanda to grieve in peace.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 8 Nov. 2022
  • When a death at the retirement home forces a pause, the friends grieve, pay tribute – and grow.
    — Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Amid the busy work of grief, the young women have no real time to grieve for themselves.
    — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
  • For Olivia, the event was both a protest to speak out against injustice and a vigil to grieve a death.
    — Suyin Haynes, Time, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Then there’s the business of getting back to work, back to life while grieving.
    — Cody Delistraty, TIME, 1 July 2024
  • Glee star Lea Michele is reflecting on life in the spotlight and the challenges of grieving her former castmate and partner Cory Monteith after his death in 2013.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 May 2025
  • Set in the near future after Ukraine has emerged victorious in its war with Russia, the film follows a philosophy professor grieving the death of his wife whose life is upended when the ancient Greek gods return to Earth.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 May 2025

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