grieving parents

collocation in English

meaningsofgrievingandparent

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grieving
adjective
uk
/ˈɡriː.vɪŋ/us
/ˈɡriː.vɪŋ/
feeling very sad because someone ...
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parent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpeə.rənt/us
/ˈper.ənt/
a mother or father of a person or an animal, or someone who looks after a person in the same way that a ...
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(Definition ofgrievingandparentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many grieving parents ask for assistance in getting the bodies home, and they would be equally grieved if we made an exception in this case.
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The right to know where a child is and to have access, alone, to him or her could be a great advantage to grieving parents.
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That statement will be no comfort to grieving parents.
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Even today one sees grieving parents who learn that the hearts of their dead babies have been removed, in many cases without their permission.
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The author points out that requests may come from grieving parents who are struggling to come to terms with their loss.
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It is important to take the audience into the minds of the grieving parents or the sorrowing wife or husband.
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Nor can it restore to their grieving parents, and sisters and brothers, the children who lost their lives.
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Hardly able to cope with the loss, their grieving parents are approached by a slick city lawyer who wants them to sue for damages.
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For grieving parents who form emotional bonds with reborn dolls, some child bereavement counselors advise against parents substituting their deceased child with the dolls.
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Additionally, local government attempted to entice grieving parents into monetary compensation in exchange for their silence.
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The ghost brides are picked out by the grieving parents.
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