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
It is permitted to give us a field to redeem it— "to transmute, bereave Of an ill influence, and a good receive."
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
“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
This not seldom bereaves them of their Nose.
This sentimentality amalgamating the springs of egotism bereaves the soul's longing of all its greatness.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Mme. Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi
And yet in life there is an interim So dull that stagnant loneliness bereaves Beauty of tenderness, and hope deceives Until the eyes grow sceptical and dim.
From The Five Books of Youth by Robert Hillyer
"The Prime Minister extends his condolences to the bereaved families and prays for them to have the strength and patience to bear this irreparable loss," the statement said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Baby loss charities Sands and Tommy's are calling on the Welsh government to ensure bereaved parents are supported to contribute to the review of deaths.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
In many cases, the bereaved don’t attend weddings or celebrations for up to a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Many of the bereaved from Nir Oz, including Yarden Bibas, have moved away for good.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
I’d go to funerals and I’d walk in and the bereaved would look up and see me and they’d stop crying.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
So bereft is the ideas cupboard that even notoriously mediocre 1990s films are being summoned back to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The town has been left bereft - little wonder Scotland's First Minister John Swinney is due to visit this month, to hear the problems first-hand.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
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 Greeks had the advantage in force but the Persians could block their passage, harass them or leave them bereft of food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“A snake,” I whispered, bereft of voice and breath.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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
So sin is deceiving, Bewitching, bereaving; ’Twill pierce through the heart, and invite you to sing; ’Twill put on fair faces, To woo your embraces, But after you’ve grasp’d it, there follows a sting!
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
There he our fancy of itself bereaving, Did make us marble with too much conceiving.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
A mob is a society of bodies voluntarily bereaving themselves of reason, and traversing its work.
From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
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