bereave

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

"Receive, and believe, and bereave should be cut out at once."

From How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee by Owen Wister

“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

First of his Wit, then of his Wealth bereaves him; And when she has got all she can, she leaves him.

From The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women by Anonymous

But a separation from our place, the close of a particular career of duty, shuts the book, bereaves us of this hope, and leaves us only to lament how little has been done.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham

It breaks the father's heart, bereaves the doting mother, extinguishes natural affections, erases conjugal loves, blots out filial attachments, blights parental hope, and brings down mourning age in sorrow to the grave.

From Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs by Robert Green Ingersoll

Retired civil servants and bereaved families have been left waiting months for pension payments, with some struggling to pay bills.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

In many cases, the bereaved don’t attend weddings or celebrations for up to a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The head of a major review of maternity services has reassured bereaved parents their voices will be heard as part of her work.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

To mourn is not the same as to be in mourning, which means wearing a black armband and sitting in the parlor, talking to people who call on the bereaved.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Desmond Wilcox died in 2000 leaving Rantzen bereft.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Equally shattering is a cue surging through a long scene bereft of dialogue, where Alex discovers a tampered-with wine bottle and realizes that he is married to a spy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

Just two years ago, Naomi Osaka was struggling to understand why a sport that was "as simple as breathing to me" was leaving her bereft.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

"I am bereft of burrito to puke," he answers.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

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

Men tell us that the stars it knows are leaving Our onward rolling globe, and in their place New constellations rise—is death bereaving The old earth, too, of each familiar face?

From Point Lace and Diamonds by Francis Day

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

It threatened to force them to become again the instrument of bereaving their father of his darling child, and bringing about that very calamity which they had pledged themselves should never happen.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods