Tears are the silent language of grief. From LearnThat.org. [Voltaire (1694-1778).]
Her death was a great grief to John. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Your grief is your business; you deal with it how you need to. From Wordnik.com. [It’s My Story And I’ll Cry If I Want To | Her Bad Mother] Reference
If your not from New York your grief is almost dismissed as being lesser in intensity. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Coulter on 9/11 Widows: ‘I Have Never Seen People Enjoying their Husbands’ Death So Much’] Reference
Immediately we send what we call grief counselors to the schools to help the friends and neighbors of the children. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2007] Reference
And then there's losing a child, which, by all accounts, is so horrendous that what we know as grief barely applies. From Wordnik.com. [Latest stories] Reference
Those who make a living convincing audiences that they speak to the dead are examples of what I call grief trade workers. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense Of Trust] Reference
"Here shall thy waves be staid" in grief, in pain. From Wordnik.com. [A Review of 'The Sceptic; a Poem'] Reference
The litany of grief is long and painful to recite. From Wordnik.com. [International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Shines, and subdues the shadow of time called grief. From Wordnik.com. [A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI] Reference
My Spring grief is bewildered like a flurry of snow. From Wordnik.com. [Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese] Reference
"Here shall thy waves be staid" — in grief, in pain. From Wordnik.com. [The Sceptic] Reference
The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
The basic note was pain ... grief, remorse and despair. From Wordnik.com. [THIS JUST IN: I STILL TEST PONY-POSITIVE] Reference
The depth of my grief is equal to the heights of my joys. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
One does not believe in time while the grief is quite new. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
Lila Lipscomb's grief is genuine, as is her change of heart. From Wordnik.com. [IsThatLegal?] Reference
Indeed, grief is not the clear melancholy the young believe it. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of the Soldier] Reference
"My grief is my own," said Rufus with a mixture of expressions. From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
Nothing can replace this loss, and our grief is ever before us. From Wordnik.com. [One In, One Out] Reference
Shaving the head was also usual in grief (Jer 41: 5; Mic 1: 16). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Thou, who for passion spendest nights in grief and saddest gree. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
As vicarious grief is the keenest of all, so is vicarious laughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
I saw Barry Bonds caught a lot of grief from the fans in San Diego. From Wordnik.com. [All we need is Blog?] Reference
Eleanor was no great weeper, and deep grief is sometimes very stony. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times] Reference
By a strong figure the abundance as well as intensity of grief is depicted. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Linds got so upset that we had to call in grief councillors to settle her down. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
All attempt to express the nation's grief is utterly commonplace and insignificant. From Wordnik.com. [Memorial Sermons] Reference
You did a remarkable job of not burying your protagonist in grief, making her morose. From Wordnik.com. [Diana Abu-Jaber discusses her true identity with Origin] Reference
The grip of grief is painful but has its place in shaping acceptance and perseverance. From Wordnik.com. [Paradis - French Word-A-Day] Reference
But it seems important to point out that grief is messy, and different for each person. From Wordnik.com. [An Interview with Lolly Winston, author of Good Grief] Reference
Ille dolet vere, qui sine teste dolet -- That grief is most sincere, which shuns observation. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
Yes. we are thrilled with the QuadLock system, the only grief is getting it into the country. From Wordnik.com. [Donating Cement Mixer] Reference
In one, his big, good-natured face buckled in grief as Arabella sank in loneliness and despair. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Atonement by Ian McEwan] Reference
Probably the only way to avoid grief is to avoid loving anyone or forming attachments to others. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: The New Grief: Is Creativity the Way out of Mourning?] Reference
Alison J. Littlewood's "The Empty Spaces" is another story anchored in grief and social realism. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Black Static #16] Reference
Note, The loudest grief is not always the greatest; rivers are most noisy where they run shallow. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
OLSON: I think -- I haven't talked to people that they call grief counselors or anything like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2001] Reference
Their wisdom, and might, and riches, were their joy and hope, which would end in grief and despair. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
'You are in grief!' cried he in a tone of sympathy; 'some evil has befallen you! ... let me ask ....'. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
A song of grief, O a song of grief is made by the waves of Tulcha Leis; all I had is gone since this story came to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Kiltartan Poetry Book: Prose Translations from the Irish] Reference
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