cause grief

Frequency: 6.76.8 per million words

to be the reason for someone's sadness

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Examples (10)

  • The scandal has caused the family a great deal of grief.
  • His reckless behavior caused his parents endless grief.
  • Losing the championship game caused the entire team deep grief.
  • It causes me great grief to see you so unhappy.
  • Why would you deliberately cause someone grief over such a small mistake?
  • The news of the beloved author's death caused grief among his readers worldwide.
  • We must avoid any action that could cause further grief to the victims.
  • The destruction of the ancient monument caused profound grief to historians.
  • He never intended to cause his friend such grief with his careless words.
  • Learning about the environmental damage caused her a lot of grief.