Example sentences for: grieving

How can you use “grieving” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the Jewish tradition, this sardonic remark is intended to comfort a person who is grieving over having made a serious mistake.

  • And when a pair of Allied soldiers, fresh from witnessing their buddies being blown to bits, shot several pleading Germans rather than take them prisoner, I didn't applaud the act, but I didn't feel much like grieving, either.

  • Newsweek says Di's death improves Prince Charles' image, transforming him from unfaithful husband to grieving father.

  • This film about a man reincarnated as a snowman so that he may comfort his grieving son is said to be "treacly and fake" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). The animatronic snowman (with Michael Keaton's voice) looks like a "large, wisecracking marshmallow man" (the New York Times ) and is described by Ebert as "the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects."

  • Buying caskets on the Web--at sites like directcasket.com, casketgallery.com, and downtoearthcoffin.com--creates "emotional detachment" about the purchase, says USAT , which helps grieving relatives avoid the exorbitant casket fees of funeral homes.


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