(v. t.) A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.; injury.
(v. t.) Grieving; grief; affliction.
Example Sentences:
(1) ‘A candidate of grievances’ But the increase in populist unrest within the Republican base isn’t the only reason for Trump’s rise.
(2) A leaked cabinet committee memo in 2010 showed coalition ministers were advised on coming into government that it was wrong "to regard radicalisation in this country as a linear 'conveyor belt' moving from grievance, through radicalisation, to violence … This thesis seems to both misread the radicalisation process and to give undue weight to ideological factors".
(3) On the Iranian side, the list of grievances against the US includes American support of Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, and the shooting down of an Iranian civilian airliner with the loss of almost 300 lives.
(4) As always he sounded as if he believed every single word but, despite rightful grievances about the latest incident, if his team are suffering from a reputation, then a good part of that, undeniably, is of their own making.
(5) What it did was just give the nationalists a whole grievance agenda from a minute after the result was declared,” Alexander recalled.
(6) Baghdad and Erbil have an endless list of grievances, ranging from border controls and the integration of the peshmerga to the Iraqi national army, to the delimitation of Kurdistan and the sharing of wealth between the centre and the autonomous region – especially oil.
(7) Her companion, a man in his fifties, also refused to give his name to the “Lugen Presse” (liar press, a term coined by the Nazis and frequently chanted at Pegida events), but is quick to add: “We’ve nothing against helping foreigners in need, like those poor people in Syria, but we should be helping them in their own country, not bringing them over here.” The demonstrations feel like an invitation for anyone to voice any grievance.
(8) The fact that hospitals have been able to reject or ignore certain grievances has added to concerns about the NHS complaints system.
(9) While specific data providing direct comparisons of numbers of lawsuits between private and public psychiatrists are not available, a review of the existing literature supports this hypothesis, particularly with respect to grievances.
(10) Cho Seung-hui was revealed to be a troubled loner of South Korean descent who left behind a disturbing note of grievances against his university saying: "You caused me to do this."
(11) It was thought that that would definitely lead to a profound sense of grievance and injustice which the SNP would continue to exploit,” he explained.
(12) Rioters revealed that a complex mix of grievances brought them on to the streets but analysts appointed by the LSE identified distrust and antipathy toward police as a key driving force.
(13) Which brings us to the subject of money – another Gamergate grievance.
(14) The past year has seen a shift in agenda from the grievances of the local Bedouin population to a more international focus and an expansion of the recruiting base.
(15) The list of demands, relayed to Qatar via mediators from Kuwait, represents the first time Saudi Arabia has been prepared to put the bloc’s previously amorphous grievances in writing.
(16) Clinton’s involvement in the Iran debate subtly positions the Democratic frontrunner as an Iran hawk who is less hopeful of the diplomatic bargain ending US grievances with Tehran than she is cautious about Washington fracturing a diplomatic coalition needed to enforce punitive measures on Iran.
(17) TV always seemed to come before performing music,” is a recurrent grievance, and even after he’d won, his first thought the following morning when the alarm clock went off at dawn was: “I wasn’t happy.
(18) The author knew he intended to go public with his grievances against the newspaper.
(19) They are entitled to have grievances about Nemanja Vidic's late red card, when a booking would have been sufficient for his scything challenge on Eden Hazard, but they were also extremely fortunate Rafael da Silva did not follow him in stoppage time for his two-footed tackle on Gary Cahill.
(20) This gap will not be bridged quickly but the state has a moral duty to acknowledge the deep and genuine grievances of the last 40 years and initiate the policies and actions that will lead to a better future.
Grieve
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Greeve
(v. t.) To occasion grief to; to wound the sensibilities of; to make sorrowful; to cause to suffer; to afflict; to hurt; to try.
(v. t.) To sorrow over; as, to grieve one's fate.
(v. i.) To feel grief; to be in pain of mind on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn; -- often followed by at, for, or over.
Example Sentences:
(1) 'Snooper's charter': Theresa May faces calls to improve bill to protect privacy Read more Ken Clarke, the Conservative former home secretary, and Dominic Grieve, the Tory former attorney general, suggested there could be improvements to the new laws that overhaul the state’s surveillance powers.
(2) This study was undertaken at Yonsei University Medical Center to identify the crisis responses and nursing problems of patients who had been diagnosed with cancer, and changing patterns of grieving over time periods, and to analyse the effectiveness of follow up care through home visiting nursing.
(3) The son of the slain Afghan police commander (who is the husband of one of the killed pregnant woman and brother of the other) says that villagers refer to US Special Forces as the "American Taliban" and that he refrained from putting on a suicide belt and attacking US soldiers with it only because of the pleas of his grieving siblings.
(4) Grieve said the correspondence contains the prince’s “most deeply held personal views and beliefs” and disclosure might undermine his “position of political neutrality”.
(5) "We are providing consular support to his family at this tragic time, and we ask that the media respect the privacy of those grieving."
(6) The following year, JFK was killed in Dealey Plaza, becoming the lost father to a grieving nation.
(7) Grieve said: "It is quite clear, and has been clear for some time in a number of different spheres, that the enforceability of court orders and injunctions when the internet exists – into which information can be rapidly posted – does present a challenge.
(8) A concept for counseling families reaching from information, support during the process of grieving about loss of the elder's capacities up to psychotherapeutically oriented help for family members is briefly described.
(9) Gordon Brown today said he felt for the grieving mother who criticised him over a letter of condolence he sent after her son died in Afghanistan.
(10) This paper focuses on the choice of a sexual partner and pregnancy issues as symptoms of reworking established conflicts around self-valuation and abandonment by sibling and grieving parents.
(11) Backed by the cabinet, Grieve argued that disclosing the letters could create constitutional problems as the public could come to think that the prince had disagreed with government policies.
(12) In a gesture of astonishing openness, Giulio Regeni’s grieving friends and relatives handed over their phones and laptops to the Italian police.
(13) We should grieve and we should be angry, but we must not let grief or anger cloud our judgment,” he said.
(14) In a separate development, the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, has reportedly been asked by another judge to consider a criminal prosecution against a journalist who allegedly used Twitter to name a different footballer in breach of a privacy injunction.
(15) Grieving families should not have to campaign for years to get to the truth In my view, the IPCC previously hired far too many ex-police officers, compromising its independence.
(16) Nurses who are aware of the needs of grieving persons can help to facilitate the process, cushion the trauma of loss, and set the basis for a healthy grieving process.
(17) And when the grieving is done, that’s our purpose.
(18) Grieve, with the backing of the cabinet, has blocked the publication of the letters on the grounds that the public could read the letters and come to believe that the prince had disagreed with the policy of the last Labour government.
(19) In his attempt to justify the unjustifiable, Mr Grieve has clutched at a fragile constitutional doctrine and adopted a deeply dubious legal course.
(20) We grieve for all, but particularly for the 40 victims who called Australia home, including 38 Australian citizens and residents.