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  • verb Present participle of greave.

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Examples

  • Gleaming stove pipe uppers greaving tall and slick, and on the tip of each pointy toe a snake's head leered, spitting tongue and bone-sharp teeth.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Michelle Brits, a white child, occurred on the same day he visited the greaving family of six-months-old Angelina Zwane, who was shot dead allegedly by a white farmer on Saturday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • I wish you all the peace your country can get now that you guys are greaving for your slain leader!

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • I wish you all the peace your country can get now that you guys are greaving for your slain leader!

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • He left behind a greaving mom who is so sweet and my heart goes out to his family and well wishers. without Willi Ninja there is no vogue he took it with him.

    Makeup Beat... 2008

  • Sven: See! I told you New Labour were wonderful. cantbearsed2: lets just suppose that the families do sue and then subsiquently win on the grounds of human rights as previously stated. then the MOD up armour to the next level, after a month a year ten years, another bunch of parentas decide to sue because the up armoured vehicles where not up to it. again the MOD react and again up armour, this could go on and on. where exacttly is the point in a war zone that little jonny is going to be safe enough for mum dad sister etch, but still in a position to do his job. if we start the littigation spiral there are no limmits and most of any money the government do give to the MOD will have to be set asside just in case to pay greaving families.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • WC - "So what do you base your opinion on" (carries on with some insulting bollox) fred Karno - "He asks people who were out there, what do you base your opinion on"? cantbearsed2: lets just suppose that the families do sue and then subsiquently win on the grounds of human rights as previously stated. then the MOD up armour to the next level, after a month a year ten years, another bunch of parentas decide to sue because the up armoured vehicles where not up to it. again the MOD react and again up armour, this could go on and on. where exacttly is the point in a war zone that little jonny is going to be safe enough for mum dad sister etch, but still in a position to do his job. if we start the littigation spiral there are no limmits and most of any money the government do give to the MOD will have to be set asside just in case to pay greaving families.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • You made the snide comment about how I came about my conclusions and Fred pitched in. cantbearsed2: lets just suppose that the families do sue and then subsiquently win on the grounds of human rights as previously stated. then the MOD up armour to the next level, after a month a year ten years, another bunch of parentas decide to sue because the up armoured vehicles where not up to it. again the MOD react and again up armour, this could go on and on. where exacttly is the point in a war zone that little jonny is going to be safe enough for mum dad sister etch, but still in a position to do his job. if we start the littigation spiral there are no limmits and most of any money the government do give to the MOD will have to be set asside just in case to pay greaving families.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • You made the snide comment about how I came about my conclusions and Fred pitched in. cantbearsed2: lets just suppose that the families do sue and then subsiquently win on the grounds of human rights as previously stated. then the MOD up armour to the next level, after a month a year ten years, another bunch of parentas decide to sue because the up armoured vehicles where not up to it. again the MOD react and again up armour, this could go on and on. where exacttly is the point in a war zone that little jonny is going to be safe enough for mum dad sister etch, but still in a position to do his job. if we start the littigation spiral there are no limmits and most of any money the government do give to the MOD will have to be set asside just in case to pay greaving families.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • Or human rights for that matter. cantbearsed2: lets just suppose that the families do sue and then subsiquently win on the grounds of human rights as previously stated. then the MOD up armour to the next level, after a month a year ten years, another bunch of parentas decide to sue because the up armoured vehicles where not up to it. again the MOD react and again up armour, this could go on and on. where exacttly is the point in a war zone that little jonny is going to be safe enough for mum dad sister etch, but still in a position to do his job. if we start the littigation spiral there are no limmits and most of any money the government do give to the MOD will have to be set asside just in case to pay greaving families.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

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