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

Hence, her stratagems to undermine the reputation of my protector, and to bereave him of domestic comfort, were subtle and profound.

From Ormond, Volume III (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

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

"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

They then spent time with survivors, bereaved parents, and siblings of those who died.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sir Geoffrey has written to Cabinet Office Minister Louise Haigh to urge the government to confirm the bereaved families affected will not face this "unjust financial penalty".

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

He said the Catholic Church would "reach out as best we can" to help those affected and the parish priest would minister to the bereaved family and support the local community.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Or how about this one: The bereaved family covered the mirrors as a reflection of its grief.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

When Poppy Russell died shortly after birth, her parents were left bereft.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Among the major problems is the lead performance of Mr. Pattinson, who gives us a greasy, erratic character bereft of the charm, smarm and rounded baritone that TV newsmen rely on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

Last week’s men’s tournament at London’s Queen’s Club, an important warm-up for Wimbledon, was bereft of top-10 players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

She marched towards the phone, as though to challenge it, too, and then she slid to the floor, a boneless, bereft sliding, and began to weep.

From "Americanah" 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

For he shall shed my precious blood, Me of my life bereaving; All this I suffer for thy good; Be steadfast and believing.

From The Hymns of Martin Luther Set to their original melodies; with an English version by Leonard Woolsey Bacon

My heart is frequently credulous, and is almost raised, by her bewitching eloquence, to the belief that, by bereaving her of friends and property, I confer on her a benefit.

From Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown

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