Grieved

Examples

• Then they stood on the bank shivering, and so chagrined and so grieved, that they merited holiest compassion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I am quite grieved for him, and very much frightened, and so is Sir Thomas; and how glad I should be if you were here to comfort me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He was highly delighted, and the exchange was made, much, I believe, to the annoyance of Mr. Elliston, though I knew not why it grieved him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am grieved to have to say it, but for the present, you and Rachel are better apart. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Poor little soul, you look as if you'd grieved yourself half sick! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I was only fearing that you were grieved. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• That childish gladness wounded his mother, who was herself so grieved to part with him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I have been so grieved for you. Jane Austen. Emma.
• And when the two Miss Donnys grieved as much to part with me as the least among them, and when the maids said, Bless you, miss, wherever you go! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I cannot deny that I grieved for his grief, whatever that was, and would have given much to assuage it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I attempted to approach her--I was shocked and grieved, but, it is needless to say, not offended. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• How I grieved that he brooded over pain, and pain from such a cause! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It had, however, been a very happy one to Fanny through four dances, and she was quite grieved to be losing even a quarter of an hour. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He was sorry--he was very sorry: for my sake he grieved over the hapless peculiarity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Emma listened with the warmest concern; grieved for her more and more, and looked around eager to discover some way of being useful. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I thought I'd grieved you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And I came to see yo', and tell yo' how grieved I were, but them women in th' kitchen wouldn't tell yo' I were there. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Here we may take it that there is a love matter, but that the maiden is not so much angry as perplexed, or grieved. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I forgive you; but I am so grieved, Davy, that you should have such bad passions in your heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• So this spoiled child of a King went and lay down on the bed with his face to the wall, and grieved sorely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Margaret missed them each and all, and grieved over them like old friends. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• My father loved Beaufort with the truest friendship, and was deeply grieved by his retreat in these unfortunate circumstances. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I was grieved to hear it, Mr Clennam, I was grieved. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Though she grieved for the result, yet she did not repent of her marriage, even when her lover returned to bestow competence on her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Speaking of Amy;--my poor little pet was devotedly attached to poor papa, and no doubt will have lamented his loss exceedingly, and grieved very much. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I am sincerely sorry, I am sincerely grieved, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Our poor mother is sadly grieved. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Never had she felt so agitated, mortified, grieved, at any circumstance in her life. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He was not angry--not even grieved. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I believe you grieved him after a while. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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