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- noun Plural form of
grief .
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Examples
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On receiving no answer, the Queen, being a woman, and knowing that certain griefs are best borne alone, sadly followed the King into the castle, where now all was still, and where the smell of faded flowers alone filled the air.
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Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers
Rhetoric Aristotle 2002
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His griefs were the griefs of all men—loss of what he loved.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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His griefs were the griefs of all men—loss of what he loved.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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Third in the order of her griefs was the consciousness that she had caused Bonbright grief.
Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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Or our sins are called our griefs and sorrows because all our griefs and sorrows are owing to our sins and our sins deserve all our griefs and sorrows, even those that are most extreme and everlasting.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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And Homer observes: "Even his griefs are a joy long after to one who remembers all that he wrought and endured."
The Reality Check 2009
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These are the kind of griefs and afflictions from which the State of Israel offered escape.
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These are the kind of griefs and afflictions from which the State of Israel offered escape.
McCain Hits Obama Again On Iran, Hammering Him For Opposing Kyl Lieberman 2009
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Dese strifes an 'griefs' ll soon git ober; we shall see de King in His glory an 'be at ease.
John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908
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