Collocations for grief - noun
ADJ.
considerable, deep, great, inconsolable, real | private
I felt awkward at intruding on their private grief.
I felt awkward at intruding on their private grief.
VERB + GRIEF
be overcome with, be stricken with, experience, feel
Her parents were stricken with grief.
Her parents were stricken with grief.
express, show | die from/of | come to terms with, cope with, deal with
struggling to come to terms with their grief
struggling to come to terms with their grief
cause
Such behaviour can cause considerable grief.
Such behaviour can cause considerable grief.
PREP.
~ at
Children can feel real grief at the loss of a pet.
Children can feel real grief at the loss of a pet.
~ for
her grief for her dead husband
her grief for her dead husband
PHRASES
a feeling/sense of grief