"raw grief" is a correct and usable phrase in written English and can be used to describe an intense feeling of sorrow or devastation.
For example, "The mother felt a raw grief when she learned of her son's untimely death."
It came, in part, from the friction between raw grief and joy which produced her vibrato.
It was natural to be ambushed by sudden and raw grief.
There is no drama, intentional poetry or even much raw grief perceviable.
Now, even at this moment of raw grief, his father is determined to keep the debate going.
Alternating between raw grief, tender regret and a wry sense of humor, Mr. Adamson gives an extraordinary performance.
The 13-year-old known as Noamik used her blog to voice not just anger but also raw grief.
Another young woman is preparing for marriage, in spite of her still-raw grief at the death of her beloved brother during the war.
Miles's own private sufferings -- his still-raw grief over Grace's death, his anger at the circumstances that robbed him of his chance to finish college and leave Empire Falls behind -- occasionally illuminate the transformation of the town's (and the nation's) public life.
His mother's still-raw grief over losing her youngest was one factor, the other was what he summed up by saying he was waiting for the tawfiq to do it - a word that implies the intersection of God's will in granting one the capacity and opportunity to do something and succeed at it.
Mrs Cukur, still raw with grief, could not fathom the tone of the debate in her country.
But though raw, savage grief has no vocabulary, Chaplain Muncie must give it voice, in a multitude of languages.
