Grieving
[ɡri:vɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grieve
(a.) Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.
(n.) The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.
Typed by Jeanette
Examples
- I had had my lesson: I had learned how severe for me was the pain of crossing, or grieving, or disappointing him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She will be mourning and grieving. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Oh O-li-ver, if you know'd how I've been a-grieving for you--' 'Hold your tongue, fool,' murmured Mrs. Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was a long, grieving sound, like a sigh--almost like a sob. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I was past grieving over them, past crying over them, past shuddering over them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Pray, pray, pray, I beg you and implore you with all my grieving heart, my friend--my dear! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Beth kept on, with only slight relapses into idleness or grieving. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I never passed within view of it without admiring its situation, and grieving that no one should live in it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Upon my soul, he added, I believe it is nothing more; and so I often tell my mother, when she is grieving about it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Happy be thy fortunes fair, Plenteous joy but scanty grieving. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He was suffering from disappointment and regret, grieving over what was, and wishing for what could never be. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But it is useless grieving. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typed by Jeanette