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Sentences starting with grief

Grief and anguish spoke from her eyes, but no vehement passion deformed the regularity of her features. [10]
Grief was raging madly in his breast, now indignation joined this gloomy guest; giving vent to his passionate emotion, Ulrich wildly exclaimed: "Look here, captain! [10]
Grief for the lost happiness of pouring forth her feelings in melody seized upon her more deeply than for a long time. [10]
Grief for her loss, repentance for not having devoted herself faithfully enough to her, and the hope that in the convent her prayers might obtain a special place in the world beyond for the beloved sleeper, now revived her wish to take the veil. [10]
Grief seems more like ashes than like fire; but as grief has been love once, so it may become love again. [6]
Grief had not lessened the roundness of his handsome face, but the expression of mischievous, often insolent, gaiety had given place to a sorrowful droop of the lips, and his fair hair had begun to turn grey. [10]
Grief had paralyzed his tongue, and Helena, who felt this, for the aged head seemed as if it were bending under a heavy burden, had drawn close to his side. [10]
Grief seemed to have frozen her. [9]
Grief and suffering had worn deep lines in her once beautiful face, though they had had no power to bow her stately figure. [10]
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. [5]

Sentences ending with grief

I think we worship wealth a good deal, and we worship family a good deal, but if any one presumes too much upon either, he is likely to come to grief. [4]
And then, with violent gestures and a world of profanity, he poured out his grief. [5]
Her mind seemed to have suffered under the stress of grief. [10]
G. Why, Amelia, this untimely grief? [5]
He arranged with the planter, and mailed to Wilson the new bill of sale which sold Roxana to herself; then he telegraphed his Aunt Pratt: Have seen the awful news in the papers and am almost prostrated with grief. [5]
Affliction came in that shape which to anticipate is dread; to look back on grief. [14]
The woman seemed surprised at my grief. [5]
She was glad such cares presented themselves, enabling her without scruple to forget her own grief. [2]
One was to start three hours after the other, so that the business in hand should not fail if either of them should come to grief. [10]
But not to speak of her alone, that early and terrible death has had the most beneficent influence on me and on my brother in spite of all our grief. [2]

Short sentences using grief

Shame and grief overcame her. [4]
I shall die of grief. [11]
O my grief, if--" "'Sh! [11]
Grief was forgotten. [10]

Sentences containing grief two or more times

And, may the Lord be gracious unto me, to lose so noble a son, in the dawn of his early manhood, just at the moment he had won such brilliant renown, must indeed be a bitter grief, a grief beyond all others! [10]
To Mrs. Clemens and me, the loss is personal; and our grief the grief one feels for one who was peculiarly near and dear. [5]

More example sentences with the word grief in them

Then tell me your grief to-day too; it will do you good, it will bring back peace to your mind. [10]
She rejoiced over your blindness, and she will gnash her teeth with rage and grief when she hears that it was Tabus who brought light into the darkness that surrounds you. [10]
Neither our comforting words nor your father's good advice--neither offerings nor prayers--could avail to lessen her grief or divert her mind. [10]
She dropped a word or two of grief over the precious time that must be lost, then began at once to issue commands for the march back. [5]
Melissa stood mute, with tearful eyes, while Alexander, quite beside himself, tried to relieve his rage and grief by empty threats. [10]
Paula's heart thrilled with indignation, grief and pity. [10]
It fills them with grief and alarms; and, would you believe it--such anguish of mind, especially when the Nile is so low and there is more sickness than usual, gives rise to numberless forms of disease? [10]
He was wondering why it was that grief like this had never touched him so before. [11]
There are patients who never tell their physician the grief which lies at the bottom of their ailments. [6]
Old Men's Tears, which furnished the mournful title to Joshua Scottow's Lamentations, do not suggest the deepest grief conceivable. [6]
The public buildings were heavily draped, and even the homes of the very poor bore outward marks of grief at the loss of their friend and fellow-townsman. [6]
His fairest hopes were destroyed, yet deep grief struggled with glad exaltation. [10]
The latter, as well as Appenzelder, still frequently called upon her, and tried to diminish her grief over the injury to her voice by telling her of hundreds of similar cases which had resulted favourably. [10]
Any interruption was welcome to him, and to Biberli it seemed like a deliverance to be permitted to use his poor endangered tongue, for his master had asked what grief oppressed him. [10]
Terror and grief weighed on thousands of hearts, while some tried to make a profit out of the prevailing anxiety, and others--many others--went forth, as light-hearted as ever, in pursuit of pleasure and amusement. [10]
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. [7]
Again a warm wave of joy seemed to surge upward in her breast, and she fancied that her heart was much too small for such a wealth of rapture, and it was already overflowing in hot waves, washing all grief far, far away. [10]
Eva's only answer was the expression of her grief for his friend's decease. [10]
If her plan was successful, she would have accomplished something unprecedented; if she failed--if, while turning, she lost her balance--her scanty stock of pleasure here below would be over, and also her great grief and insatiable yearning. [10]
Still, this dirge was so true and noble, so penetrated with fervent, agonized grief, that it had gone to her heart. [10]
Eldon Part's grief was real, and the beautiful English window in the south transept of the church bears witness to it. [9]
The whole village was proud of Euthymia, and with these more quiet signs of grief were mingled loud lamentations, coming alike from old and young. [6]
I flung myself upon his poor insulted form and cried my grief out upon his breast while my father and all my family scoffed at me and heaped threats and shameful epithets upon him. [5]
Then he sprang up once more, crying out so loud and passionately that I felt as if I must die of grief and pity: 'Forgive me if you can! [10]
But Milcah languished under the blow, and the only person who could rouse the pale, silent woman from brooding over her grief was Miriam. [10]
When drooping pleasure turns to grief, And trembling faith is changed to fear, The murmuring wind, the quivering leaf Shall softly tell us, Thou art near! [6]
I will confess to you, dear Mary, that in spite of his extreme youth his departure for the army was a great grief to me. [2]
A nightmare seemed to weigh upon the palace and its occupants; for in addition to grief for their beloved prince, which saddened many a heart, the dread of death and the desert wind paralyzed alike the energy of mind and body. [10]
It pointed him to the kingdom of heaven and its bliss, which could be purchased only by severe sacrifice and the endurance of every grief which the Saviour had taken upon Himself. [10]
Then Nebsecht proceeds to state how these are distributed in the different members, and shows--is it not so?--that the various mental states, such as anger, grief, aversion, and also the ordinary use of the word heart, declare entirely for his view. [10]
No tears came to relieve his grief, for the insult offered him that day aroused his wrath, and he cherished it as if it were a consolation. [10]
The lad spoke to her, giving expression to his sympathy, and she accepted it; but she said such strange things, and answered him so utterly at random, that he began to fear that grief had turned her brain. [10]
Natasha's grief began to be overlaid by the impressions of daily life, it ceased to press so painfully on her heart, it gradually faded into the past, and she began to recover physically. [2]
For the fiftieth time he had waited supper for you two in vain, and in the twilight, when he had done work, his grief overcame him, and to see him weep is quite heartbreaking! [10]
The old valet Tikhon, with sunken, emaciated face that bore the stamp of inconsolable grief, replied: "Yes, Princess" to all Princess Mary's questions and hardly refrained from sobbing as he looked at her. [2]
Even before the thunderbolt had stirred the inmost depths of his being, when he was merely touched by his deep grief and the monk's admonition, he had striven to guide the servant and his sweetheart into the right path, and the grey-haired monk aided him. [10]
I had never thought that wild Miriam could speak so sweetly, I was overcome with terrible grief, and kissed her eyes and her lips. [10]
He was too thorough a courtier to profess any grief over Miss Manners's match, and went about avowing that he had always predicted a duke for Miss Dorothy. [9]
For many hours, they had little hope of his surviving; but grief is strong, and he recovered. [12]
She rarely brought them to our notice; a certain chaste reserve, even later in life, prevented her showing her deepest grief to others. [10]
Why, custom requires them to assume an air of grief and to shed tears. [10]
I will soothe thee, in all thy grief, Beside the gloomy river; And though thy love may yet be brief; Mine is fixed forever. [5]
To all this, the single gentleman listened with the air of a man quite borne down by grief and disappointment. [12]
Would you exchange the purest and loftiest things for what tomorrow will fill you with grief and loathing? [10]
But hardly had the princess looked at Natasha's face before she realized that here was a real comrade in her grief, and consequently a friend. [2]
The events of the previous year: the burning of Moscow and the flight from it, the death of Prince Andrew, Natasha's despair, Petya's death, and the old countess' grief fell blow after blow on the old count's head. [2]
The statesman or the poet who launches out unmindful of these conditions will be likely to come to grief in her generation. [4]
Princess Mary and the old prince each bore and hid their grief in their own way. [2]
I have seen the most promising paradox come to grief by a simple "Do you think so? [4]
Besides, nothing moves the heart more quickly than the grief of a proud, stern man. [10]
My description of the grief which often overpowers this soul was far too lukewarm. [10]
Bitter, bitter was the grief of this poor young woman, when she heard that her friend was sick unto death, and deep is her mourning until this day. [14]
And this was the first sore grief sent by Heaven on my young heart. [10]
Give a man the egotism of grief, and eloquence, and popularity, and he'll cut as sharp as the khamsin wind. [11]
Everywhere the will, the desire, the passion for bringing grief and ruin on others rather than to help them, raise them and heal them! [10]
Your grief is the best side of you, and of that you do indeed allow them to catch a glimpse; but where the pain is you carefully conceal. [10]
The chain on the ancles of the companions in suffering stirred the dust, which shrouded the little band like the grief, hate, and fear darkening the soul of each. [10]
I do see that there is an argument against suicide: the grief of the worshipers left behind; the awful famine in their hearts, these are too costly terms for the release. [5]
He told us that our hot drinks, he thought, caused him grief, but that he was well again, and we were very welcome. [4]
Barine, too, felt that her happiness as wife and mother in her magnificent home would have been overwhelming had not a wise destiny imposed upon her, just at this time, grief for those whom she loved. [10]
Although they knew that he loved the storekeeper as he loved no other man, his was a grief that they could not understand. [9]
But I know that grief makes one's words wild. [11]
That cry of terror must proceed from her friend's mouth, and was followed by exclamations of grief from bearded lips and loud sobs. [10]
You know the terrible sorrow which crushed him on the last day of 1874,--the grief which broke his heart and from which he never rallied. [6]
I don't mind telling you my grief, for I know you will not tell it to any one again. [12]
The comfort of tears was denied him, but his grief gripped him at the heart, clouded his brain and made hint so irritably sensitive that an unfamiliar voice, though even at a distance, disturbed him and made him angry. [10]
You should hear sweet words, but grief and pain will pour bitter drops into everything I say. [10]
Still, he was sufficiently touched by his aunt's grief to long to rush out from under the bed and overwhelm her with joy--and the theatrical gorgeousness of the thing appealed strongly to his nature, too, but he resisted and lay still. [5]
The two mourners, stunned with their great grief, desired not the sympathy of strangers. [14]
In French the story is too confused and chaotic and unreposeful and ungrammatical and insane; consequently it could only cause grief and sickness--it could not kill. [5]
She shines, a star in the midnight sky, giving comfort to the sorrowing heart; she, who has languished in grief, pours balm into the wounded souls of the desolate and bereaved, and gives health and refreshment to the suffering. [10]
Men said this spiteful, bad-hearted villain had caused grief enough in his time, and now he should satisfy the law. [5]
Some kind of spiritual anaesthetic he must have, if he holds his grief fast tied to his heartstrings. [6]
In all Kuni's sorrowful life she had scarcely experienced any grief so bitter. [10]
I had written some rhymes for it--poetry I considered it--and it was a great grief to me that the production was on the "first side" of the issue that was not completed, and hence did not see the light. [5]
This afforded Heinz some consolation, but enough remained to keep his grief alive, and his voice sounded very sorrowful as he added: "That lessens the bitterness of the cup. [10]
Nor was it solely to soothe Eva that she assured her that, deeply as she mourned the death of the hapless Ulrich and his parents' grief, Wolff's deed could not diminish either her love or her hope of becoming his. [10]
But the gracious solace of tears seemed to be denied her, and her grief, like her anger, was a dull ache, longing, like that, to finish itself with a fierce paroxysm, but wanting its natural outlet. [6]
Both felt this so strongly that the outward and terrible side of death did not affect them and they did not feel it necessary to foment their grief. [2]
The elder, though so overwhelmed with grief that she could not help sobbing aloud, did not cease to think of her dear ones, and from time to time gazed with tender sympathy at her father or with quiet sorrow at her sister. [10]
Trembling in every slender limb, shaken with grief, and overwhelmed with sorrow, the slight shepherdess stood before him, and he felt as if he must help her. [10]
It was a sincere grief to Arsinoe to be obliged to go without Selene. [10]
Perhaps the one she witnessed in Milan, when a great nobleman was buried, was longer, but in this every individual seemed to feel genuine grief. [10]
At other times she was sad, and more than once Mrs. Hopkins had seen a tear steal down her innocent cheek, when there seemed to be no special cause for grief. [6]
To do this she felt was her duty and hers only, and a deep sense of shame, a burning grief took possession of her as she remembered how she had sinned against this man. [10]
Does the ocean share your grief? [6]
Her loving debt shall be repaid--for I will die of grief for her. [5]
Even the Arabs, seeing the strong man shaken with sobs and learning the cause of his grief, respectfully withdrew; for the anguish of a son at the loss of his mother was sacred in their eyes. [10]
The old man saw a grief greater than his own. [11]
I will not save him for your sake; I will not save him for the world's sake; I will not save him--" A cry of pain and grief broke from her, and she buried her face in her hands. [11]
At that she said, her lips very firm and pale, "I could not pretend to a grief I did not feel. [11]
Hope had now risen supreme in her heart over grief and disappointment. [10]
It is not right to anticipate evil, and to be always looking forward with an apprehensive spirit; but I think grief is a two-edged sword, it cuts both ways; the memory of one loss is the anticipation of another. [14]
Pleasure, Love, Fame, Riches: they are but temporary disguises for lasting realities--Pain, Grief, Shame, Poverty. [5]
By your rashness, Richard, and I pray it is such, you have brought grief to your grandfather in his age, and ridicule and reproach upon a family whose loyalty has hitherto been unstained. [9]
The simple people respected her grief, and always made a tender-hearted stillness when the bereft little maiden went through the streets,--a stillness which she never noticed, for she never noticed anything apparently. [4]
She wished to remain undisturbed; but the world, with rude yet beneficent hand, interrupted even her surrender to her grief for her mother. [10]
She was very quiet, very pale, yet the plumbless grief of her eyes brought tears to Hulm's face. [11]
The joy was questionable, but the grief was honest. [5]
In all her prayers she included the name of the handsome heathen and a soft tenderness in which a gentle pity was often infused, a grief for his unredeemed soul, was inseparable from all her thoughts of him. [10]

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