grieving family

collocation in English

meaningsofgrievingandfamily

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grieving
adjective
uk
/ˈɡriː.vɪŋ/us
/ˈɡriː.vɪŋ/
feeling very sad because someone ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofgrievingandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Often, the family doctor would sleep in the house of the dying to attend his patient night and day, and to offer comfort to thegrievingfamily.
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He displayed the most incredible bravery, and our deepest sympathy goes out to hisgrievingfamilyand friends.
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However, a closed investigation of a closed institution will not persuade the outside world, much less agrievingfamily.
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I shall protect her identity, out of respect for hergrievingfamily.
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Common sense suggests that it is difficult to imagine doctors asserting a right to remove organs against the wishes of agrievingfamily.
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He also said that he had been threatened by a senior judge when he gave support to agrievingfamilywho were seeking justice.
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In a sense, that is nothing to do with racism but to do with pure, good manners to agrievingfamily.
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Newspaper clippings about the young boy's death is shown as well as his funeral, including hisgrievingfamilyand younger brother.
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Prayers are offered to help the soul of the deceased rest in peace and at the same time to console thegrievingfamily.
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With a verdict of accidental death, hergrievingfamilyburies her.
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Grievingfamilymembers were often in attendance, awaiting the (until then, inevitable) death.
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The film is about agrievingfamilywho escape to their cottage to reconnect.
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I associate myself with many of his remarks, particularly what he said about grieving families.
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Given the impact that it would have on the lives of my constituents and the grieving families, it would be a massive step forward.
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Most grieving families do not necessarily want a punishment, but they want acknowledgment of what has happened.
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As well as providing some consolation for grieving families, would not such a move tend to encourage more careful driving?
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Time and time again, grieving families are left to wait and wonder.
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She and her husband use this ability to swindle money out of grieving families of recently deceased.
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The young man asked that she promise to do something so that his comrades and their grieving families would be remembered.
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