expression of grief
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexpressionandgrief
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expression
noun
uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/
the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words ...
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grief
noun
uk/ɡriːf/us/ɡriːf/
very great sadness, especially at the death ...
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(Definition ofexpressionandgrieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexpression of grief
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Further, high melodies would cover the singers' expressions of grief or joy, thus breaking decorum.
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The dramatic pathos, the expressions of grief and torment of the figures is intensified by the realism of their dramatic facial details.
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High melodies would cover the singers' expressions of grief or joy, conflating all emotion and sense under a tune that might be entirely unrelated.
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This clearly causes considerable distress to the family, who obviously feel a deep sense of pain at herexpressionofgrief.
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Woods then returns to his twin themes of child mortality and attitudes towards the loss of a child through death, through a study of theexpressionofgriefin poetry.
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I have made it perfectly clear that the realm of theexpressionofgriefand of memory has not been invaded in any way by what has been done.
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As a young child, herexpressionofgriefis more physical.
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Freeexpressionofgriefby both men and women is encouraged.
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Magpies have been observed engaging in elaborate social rituals, possibly including theexpressionofgrief.
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A marble statue of a woman with her head and hands lowered and anexpressionofgriefwas later erected at the site.
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The funeral potlatch marks the separation of the deceased from and is the last publicexpressionofgrief.
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It began as a naturalexpressionofgriefand has turned into social turmoil.
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Perhaps the conclusion to be drawn is that investigating parental attachment to children through expressions of grief is problematic since the latter is not an indication of the former.
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The grief of fathers may be complicated by the fact that society expects men to be strong and that men's expressions of grief are not socially acceptable.
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We associate ourselves sincerely with the expressions of grief and sympathy to his family.
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We have heard almost universal condemnation of violence and appropriate expressions of grief and sensitivity.
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Neither the girl should unleash her expressions of grief.
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