To accept that view is just what grieves the man who is not an imbecile.
She feels bound really to defend her; she invents God knows what in her behalf, and struggles like a mad woman; but a feeling of disappointment sticks in her, and I think that she grieves over it, for she has grown very thin.
Until you do that, nothing can be done to relieve you from what I am sure, distresses and grieves you exceedingly.
What grieves me is that I am constantly forgetting to recognize God's hand in the little every-day trials of life, and instead of receiving them as from Him, find fault with the instruments by which He sends them.
Who shall say that fortunegrieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him?
Thus at first sight rash men to women swear, When, such oaths broke, heavengrieves and sheds a tear.
O, how it grieves my vexed soul to see Each painted ass in chair of dignity!
I am sorry to part with her; it grieves me sadly, but we must not starve.
I was afraid our misfortune might be owing to that lamp; and what grieves me most is, that I have been the cause of it.
Now it is evident that nothing moves a man to anger except a hurt that grieves him: while whatever savors of defect is above all a cause of grief; since men who suffer from some defect are more easily hurt.
The angry man does not grieve and rejoice at the same thing; he grieves for the wrong done, while he takes pleasure in the thought and hope of vengeance.
Here hegrieves and grieves hereafter: doubly grieves the evil-doer, Grieves and suffers anguish when he sees the foulness of his deeds.
Tell your old uncle what grieves you, pet," he said.
Salomon's death grieves me much, as he was an excellent man whom I have known from my childhood.
You can well understand how much it grieves me not to be able to take part in the sufferings of my Carl, and that I at least wish to hear frequently of his progress.
For the word Sûdra, etymologically considered, means one who grieves or sorrows (sokati).
To go from hence grieves not poor Gaveston; But to forsake you, in whose gracious looks 120 The blessedness of Gaveston remains: For nowhere else seeks he felicity.
Ah, nothing grieves me, but my little boy Is thus misled to countenance their ills.
Uncle, his wanton humour grieves not me; But this I scorn, that one so basely born Should by his sovereign's favour grow so pert, And riot it with the treasure of the realm.
It grieves me much that the good fortune which delivered thee into my hands, should have marred so fair an enterprise.
He closes with the observation that it grieves him to find this province in a state of discord, and he requests Frederick of Telramund, an esteemed nobleman of Brabant, to recount the situation.
Aida says she grieves because of the war against her native land.
Well I know that never again shall all of you gather in this hall, and itgrieves me to lose men I have loved as my life and through whom I have won peace and righteousness for all my realm.
That I would gladly do, for it grieves me much that they lose, so far, their share in this great enterprise.
It grieves me to hear that Sybil is not so well, dear Mrs. Lamotte.
He was just the type of man, quite apart from his insolence, that most grieves the bishop.
And I can assure you the bishop never grieves without reason, or else in such a large diocese he would always be doing it.
All the time his heart was hot within him and he thought to himself, 'How my soul grieves to see this waste of the beautiful, shining dust!
She grieves terribly and her father is bringing her to Brazil in the hope that among his people she will grow well and strong again.
It's your departure which grieves me and awakens such ideas.
It isn't the hard work which grieves me; on the contrary, I am often very glad of my uncle's severity, and the tasks he sets me.
My ship-mates frequently say that I am severe towards them when at sea, perhaps I am; but it grieves me when I see those noble men, so skillful in the management of our vessel, lavish their money when on shore in foolish pleasures.
I am sometimes called Mademoiselle Nanna; but that grieves me, for we are poor people.
Thy crying grieves my heart; Thy mother, child, has cause to weep, But sleep and feel no smart.
And now I have to speak of a matter which surely grieves my heart, I know what trouble this child must have occasioned you.
Grieves me to say that some of our house who made many solemn protestations now, did not in after-time do that which they ought to have done.
Don't you think that God grieves when you push him out of your life?
When the wickedness of the wicked grievesand distresses the Christian.
When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Church.
Our mother, I am afraid, grieves as much as she did for Fritz; but she tries to hide it, lest we should feel her ungrateful for the love of her children.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grieves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
