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
She only replied, that she received her royal character from the hands of the Almighty, and no earthly power was ever able to bereave her of it.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume
“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
What though of gilded baubles he bereaves us, Dear to the heart of youth, to manhood's prime, Think of the calm he brings, the wealth he leaves us, The hoarded spoils, the legacies of time!
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown
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
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
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
For the last three years, Ruth Mason has helped bereaved parents in south Wales to navigate their loss through a support group in Merthyr Tydfil.
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
Grenfell United, a bereaved families and survivors group, has previously criticised the time frame for prosecutions.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
But I couldn’t tell if it was a note from a bereaved mother or a piece of Roumanian sheet music.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Think twice before you post on a parents' group Feeling anxious, bereft or excluded is normal, but those feelings don't always require action.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
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
But the salaries and benefits offered by BAE draw workers from other professions, leaving the town bereft of mechanics, driving instructors and nurses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Chima and Obiora used plastic ones while the rest of us had plain glass plates, bereft of dainty flowers or silver lines.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
Flower in particular she followed round so constantly and persistently that the young girl began to wonder if Mrs. Cameron seriously and really intended to punish her, by now bereaving her of her senses.
From Polly A New-Fashioned Girl by L. T. Meade
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
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
