give somebody grief
cause somebody grief

She sobbed like a child, giving rein to her grief.

I do wrong in weeping now, and greater wrong in giving words to my grief.

It could not be said that my father gave way to his grief.

She gives voice to our grief and fury that Desdemona has died so uselessly.

She described the seer's death, unwilling to gloss past it, needing to hear the words, to give voice to her grief.

She waited until she was sure he had gone before giving way to her grief.

Seeing my eye fixed upon him, he went outside to give way to his grief in the passage.

She gave way utterly to her grief, weeping night and day.

Police officers carried her inside, where she gave in again to her grief.

It was the end; Saleem gave way to his grief.