How to use "grief" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "grief" in popular movie and book plots

  • He finds comfort for his grief in his belief in reincarnation, with a notion that Fa-ying might be reborn as one of her beloved animals.  - Anna and the King
  • He drowned his grief with alcohol and smoking.  - Chameli (film)
  • In his grief for his eldest son and heir, Uriens abstains from pork for the rest of his life.  - The Mists of Avalon
  • Lenny flees, overcome with grief and guilt.  - Shark Tale
  • Overcome with grief and rage, the Mariachi picks up Azul's gun with his right hand and kills Moco, taking revenge for Dominó's death.  - El Mariachi
  • On hearing that Raoul has died in action at Gigelli, Athos succumbs to grief and dies.  - The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
  • She collapses with grief at the sight of her dead husband.  - The Murder on the Links
  • The Barbarian talks of his grief over his dead wife and his memories of their life together.  - The Bridge (novel)
  • Roger and Mary reach an emotional breakthrough, share their grief and address her obsessive overprotection of their remaining child.  - Peter's Friends
  • She drives herself, through work, to forget her grief and the love she has lost.  - Till We Have Faces
  • Eve's grief and terror led to her "splitting off" into two distinctly different personalities.  - The Three Faces of Eve
  • Nina, an interpreter, is beside herself with grief at the recent death of her boyfriend, Jamie, a cellist.  - Truly, Madly, Deeply
  • Frank eventually has sexual relations with Margaret, but in her grief she cannot return any affection.  - This Sporting Life
  • Displaying a mix of grief and resigned amusement, Mona kills herself as well.  - Cat's Cradle
  • Tourvel, overwhelmed with grief and shame, retreats to a monastery where her health deteriorates rapidly.  - Dangerous Liaisons
  • Heihachi is killed trying to save Rikichi, whose grief is compounded.  - Seven Samurai

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