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
To retain the means of luxurious gratification would be wrong, but to bereave herself and her father of bare subsistence was surely no dictate of duty.
From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
“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
It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various
Heap there all golden promise that deceives, Beauty that wins the heart, and then bereaves, For love is dead.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
This not seldom bereaves them of their Nose.
Jamie said NHS Lothian underestimated how difficult it could be for bereaved parents to navigate the complaints process.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The government has committed to reform of the scheme that provides financial support for those injured or bereaved by vaccines.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"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
Of course, Sergeant Caputo didn’t see us as bereaved children going through the worst day of our tender young lives.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
Her director, who seems preoccupied with grass and trees and skies at the expense of people, has made a film almost completely bereft of wit, which is like a Star Wars movie without laser guns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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 death of a sibling leaves survivors twice bereft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
I turn to meet his eyes, then sigh and shift my attention back to the miserable late-autumn landscape on the other side of the windshield—all cold and dreary and bereft of life.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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
Had the Italian National Council, bereaving themselves of Italian bayonets, held a real plebiscite—secret or otherwise—the result would doubtless have given them pain, but no surprise....
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein
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
All our joys are but toys! idle thoughts deceiving: None have power, of an hour, in their lives bereaving.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
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