bereave
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Half of our crew were locals, so we offered them to take time off to bereave should they choose to.
From Salon ● May 12, 2023
Yet, when discretion doth bereave The plaints that they should utter,Then thy discretion may perceive That silence is a suitor.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2012
Life after college can feel like a desperate and depressing limbo where recent grads bereave the loss of carefree times when they aren’t scouring Craigslist for employment.
From Washington Post
"Luther never intended to bereave the church of her mystery," says one Sammlung theologian.
From Time Magazine Archive
Aug. 2nd, veteri stilo, the nyght following, my terrible dream that Mr. Kelly wold by force bereave me of my bokes, toward daybreak.
From The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts by John Dee
“It utterly bereaves me to pass on the news that I have been advised by my medical team here in the UK to cancel my upcoming USA book tour,” Moore wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
Queen Elizabeth II will be seated alone as she bereaves the death of her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, at his funeral on Saturday.
From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2021
"Though of love your hate bereaves us "Yet the veil and cowl it leaves us, "We shall wear till life be o'er."
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. III. (of V.) by George Saintsbury
Their shepherd now leaves them To howl and to roar— Of his presence bereaves them, To feed some young breeze On the violet odour, And to teach it on shore To rock the green trees.
From Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
In so far as he roves from these ends, a man bereaves himself of power, of auxiliaries.
From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James
Witnesses included police staff and officers, mental healthcare practitioners, Calocane's former flatmates and family members, the bereaved families and the survivors of the attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hearings for the Nottingham Inquiry began in February, and heard evidence from more than 100 witnesses, including police officers, NHS mental health staff practitioners, the survivors of the attacks and the bereaved families.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The bereaved received rap demos that Elsesser’s brother and his friends had recorded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
A service of remembrance began at the synagogue in Manchester at 20:00 BST, with relatives of the bereaved and some of the survivors among the speakers.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The night was railing against the morning of which it was bereaved, and the cold was cursing the warmth for which it hungered.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
But warmer oceans are also often bereft of the high-energy prey these juvenile salmon need for rapid growth when they reach the saltwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The death of a sibling leaves survivors twice bereft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The trend underscores a Wild West internet landscape that is largely bereft of guardrails as false narratives erode digital trust.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
When 16-year-old Felix Platter set out from his home in Basel, Switzerland, to attend medical school in Montpellier, France, his mother was bereft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
I think about that, and the way he used to be—the way they used to be, the way I imagined them to be—and I feel bereft.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Even those who are still alive are forced to spend parts of their existence inadvertently bereaving the death of a life they were promised.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
Culkin, 39, pressed that the death of Dakota – whose nickname was Cody – hit everyone in their family differently and they all were "torn up inside" while bereaving the accident.
From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2021
Would I have taken pleasure in bereaving thee of aught that was not hurtful?
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
His 'testifying' against her probably means that His providence in bereaving her witnessed to His disapprobation.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Alexander Maclaren
Now, no phenomenon can strike more deeply or work more powerfully in human nature, stirring up the exploring activities of intellect and imagination, than the event of death, with its bereaving stroke and prophetic appeal.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
