Yet he felt a private grief at the numbness which clung to his hands and feet.

He'd spent too much time in those quarters in the past few months, alone with his private grief.

That you don't want people thinking you're the sort of person who would exploit his private grief for business advantage.

How, then, can private grief be balanced with public works?

The old man's voice trailed off into a private grief.

As she raised her face to him, he saw fresh tears, and the sight seemed to pull his private grief closer to the surface.

For the rest of his life he would remember and regret, but it must be a private grief, almost a secret luxury.

To only a few had he been the devil who gloated over their private grief.

Several days later, however, their private grief turned public.

She was an intruder in a very deep and private grief.