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  1. griefsnoun

    Plural form of grief.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of griefs in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of griefs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of griefs in a Sentence

  1. Miguel de Cervantes:

    It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth. The comic, when it is human, soon takes upon itself a face of pain and some of our griefs . . . have their source in weaknesses which must be recognized with smiling compassion as the common inheritance of us all.

  2. Aristotle:

    This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.

  3. Carlalberto Corneliani:

    Corneliani has been like a lover, which has given me joys and griefs, but overall a splendid life.

  4. Samuel Johnson:

    Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

  5. Emmylou Harris:

    Animals have a much better attitude to life and death than we do. They know when their time has come. We are the ones that suffer when they pass, but it's a healing kind of grief that enables us to deal with other griefs that are not so easy to grab hold of.

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