It was a protective mechanism against unbearable grief, one which I, as a pediatrician, am persuaded all children have.

In their wake comes silence and a sense of unbearable grief.

He knew better than to say anything about his mother's unbearable grief.

In many cases, it is unbearable grief that has caused their withdrawal from society to a safe nonjudgmental place.

Adrienne is seen struggling, for what appears to be days or weeks, with a nearly unbearable grief.

The face turned up to hers for the kiss bore a landscape of unbearable grief and was still beautiful.

But slowly his unbearable grief and self-pity gave way to rising anger.

Then he broke off as a wave of unbearable grief overwhelmed him.

I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.

Suddenly all her swirling thoughts, past and present, coalesced into unbearable grief.