as in to mourn
to feel deep sadness or mental pain
we all grieved over the lost cat
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Recent Examples of grieve
Not everyone is grieving Greene’s second retirement, however.
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Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
District and campus counselors will be available to support your child through the grieving process.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Health conditions and the grieving process can be painful for older adults living alone and have the propensity to worsen if experienced in isolation.
—Sara Zeff Geber, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
These were unimaginable choices for grieving parents to make in such a short time.
—Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2025
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The father of Lucas Osuna, a Belen Jesuit Preparatory School student who died at a water polo tournament Friday, mourned his son on a double post to Instagram and Facebook.—
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The shrubs also host the larvae of 18 kinds of butterflies and moths, including eastern tiger swallowtail and mourning cloak butterflies.—
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Toronto has, for years, been aching for a superstar to stay in its midst.—
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That day, an elbow that ached throughout his rehab from Tommy John surgery gave way.—
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The challenge for the author is to write a pulse-pounding thriller without sorrowing over this injustice too much.—
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Finney-Smith has become fan favorite in Dallas, so much so that fan reaction on social media was split between excitement and shock that the Mavericks acquired eight-time All-Star Irving, but also sorrow about Finney-Smith departure.—
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“Grieve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grieve. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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