YOU SAID:

i am stricken with horrible grief

INTO JAPANESE

私は恐ろしい悲しみに襲われています

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I am attacked by terrible sorrow

INTO JAPANESE

ひどい悲しみに襲われた

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I was attacked by terrible sorrow

INTO JAPANESE

ひどい悲しみに襲われた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

I was attacked by terrible sorrow