The old grief was cut short by the firm touch of a thumb on his forehead.

It was a cheap way to use an old and lasting grief.

Suddenly the old grief rose up and folded him in its gray embrace and he wanted his father.

I didn't know how to respond to so old a grief.

Cops resurrecting old grief is not good for his health.

Devin could almost taste the keenness of old grief in the words.

The old grief washed over him, joining with the newer anguish of loss and failure.

No small part of the pain was that my anger had left me, and I felt only the old crushing grief.

I turned back down the road feeling the familiar, blunt pressure of old grief.

It crept up on him at odd moments and pounced like an old grief.