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Example sentences for "grieved"

Lexicographically close words:
grieuous; grieuously; grievance; grievances; grieve; grieves; grieveth; grieving; grievous; grievously
  1. Nor less Andromache, sore grieved to part, Rich raiment fetches, wrought with golden thread, And Phrygian scarf, and still with bounteous heart Loads him with broideries.

  2. Everything from every place grieved them, and fear and astonishment, the greatest that ever they were in, beset them round.

  3. But the living that were sick or wounded, both grieved them more than the dead, and were more miserable.

  4. In my happy days of business I had been accustomed to rise early in the morning; and remember the time when I grieved that the night came so soon upon me, and obliged me for a few hours to shut out affluence and prosperity.

  5. Grandmamma was very much grieved and disturbed to know that what she had intended to be a help and a kindness, had only proved a source of trouble, and an encouragement to Gracie's besetting sin.

  6. I must say I was quite grieved to see the condition they are in; all the land that is not waste is utterly exhausted with working successive white crops.

  7. God was surely punishing them for their sins, the Israelites rightly thought; and they began to call to mind how they had forsaken His ways, and grieved Him with the blackness of their sins.

  8. I was grieved to hear you were going so far away, but, Mr. Noel, father is my all.

  9. This sketch you have restored to me was enlarged from one I made at Post ----, and its loss greatly grieved me.

  10. Raising it, she read a second time: "We are so shocked and grieved to find that Mr. Herriott is actually going on that North Pole expedition we thought he had abandoned.

  11. I'm very much grieved to say that I haven't a great deal of confidence in her constitution.

  12. I am grieved if you think your marriage was a mistake, John.

  13. She was grieved beyond power of expression, but she was not overcome.

  14. But old Mrs. Stanburne grieved for the dear old house that had been made sacred to her by a thousand interests and associations.

  15. And Dizzy the mountebank was much grieved for he thought he had caused a great sensation, and he exclaimed, Dizzy, Dizzy, thy occupation’s gone.

  16. Thy Saviour thou hast grieved sore, But time with thee shall be no more; For when the Lord did thee invite, The ways of sin was thy delight.

  17. I wist their sorrow sore grieved me, Ah, woe is me, &c.

  18. There did I lye with a grieved minde, Ah woe is me, &c.

  19. And Krishna though she lay with the sons of Pandu on that bed of kusa grass along the line of their feet as if she were their nether pillow, grieved not in her heart nor thought disrespectfully of those bulls amongst the Kurus.

  20. If thou permit, I would go to the forest with Kausalya, so grieved at the loss of her son.

  21. The Sun and the Moon, the Planets and Stars, and Constellations, and the other dwellers in the firmament, witnessing these acts of Sunda and Upasunda, grieved deeply.

  22. And the king was grieved to see her thus, and alarmed greatly, followed in her foot-steps, endeavouring to appease her wrath.

  23. And he grieved much that he was not successful.

  24. Young and old, all the citizens grieved on account of the sons of king Pandu, and passed twelve days in mourning with the weeping Pandavas.

  25. My dear Humphry," exclaimed Mr Faithful, "I am deeply grieved to hear that you can give no better account of your future associates.

  26. Oh, how grieved I should be if he were to die and not know more about Him!

  27. I read honesty in the lad's countenance, and grieved that it behoved me to play upon him.

  28. He meant that the Queen would be sore grieved at hearing of your hurt.

  29. Canon "was alarmed to see such a large minority, extending from beneath the platform to the other end of that large hall, composed of men and, he was grieved to say, women.

  30. I am, for many reasons, grieved and shocked to find the cry for Reform coming with such a heading to the front.

  31. It astonished her at first, and it always grieved her that he could not see that he was acting solely in his own interest.

  32. We came, hoping to find some honorable way to peace; and I am grieved to hear you say what you do.

  33. I was grieved at not being able to thank my hosts for their kindness, and thought that they would consider me ungrateful.

  34. The wife of your President, we are grieved to say, is ill.

  35. Why, I thought you knew better," protested the mother, in a grieved voice.

  36. For which cause not only the Jews, but also the other nations, conceived indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of so great a man.

  37. Antiochus, therefore, was grieved in his mind for Onias, and being moved to pity, shed tears, remembering the sobriety and modesty of the deceased.

  38. This conduct grieved Neptune so sorely, that he sent a dolphin to plead his cause, and persuade the fair nymph to share his throne.

  39. This frivolous young lady no sooner beheld the youth, than she fell deeply in love with him, and was proportionately grieved when she saw that he did not return her affections.

  40. He grieved for her loss with all the passion of an impressionable, ardent, and powerful nature.

  41. Forgive me if I unconsciously led you to think I could, I am so grieved to pain you.

  42. How it would have grieved my uncle,' my lady said, with a sigh.

  43. My lady came swiftly to me, and it grieved me to see the pain and woe in her face.

  44. I was grieved for the gallant life so swiftly ebbing, and miserable on my lady's account; but sorrow of this kind is a sleepy thing, and the day was hot.

  45. While for the third time the base and cowardly words were on his lips, Jesus turned and looked upon his faithless disciple with a look of grieved love, and then Peter remembered the forewarning the Master had given him.

  46. He loved John, and grieved over his death.

  47. He bent over her for a breath, making a heart picture of the tired face, the closed eyes, and grieved mouth.

  48. White, ghostly sea birds wheeled low, a fretful wind grieved about the house, and a New England northeast storm was in progress.

  49. The idea of death is so welcome to me that I forget its sorrowful effect on others, and have grieved my best and dearest Mrs. Gordon.

  50. Sometimes it grieved her that no word of soothing friendship found its way to her from De Lacy castle.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grieved" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    anguished; careworn; cut; doleful; dolorous; grieved; grievous; hurt; injured; lamentable; lugubrious; mournful; pained; plaintive; plangent; rueful; sorrowful; tearful; woeful; wounded