bereavement
Example Sentences
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Grief looks different for everyone but there are common patterns, believes Sadie James, from the Sandy Bear bereavement charity.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
"We also offer Bereavement Support Payments to help people through the immediate period following a bereavement."
From BBC • May 15, 2026
"It's a slow bereavement," says Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Nicholas Tonks, whose mother lived with Alzheimer's.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026
Around the same time, we suffered a bereavement in the family, and I believe the combination of grief and professional strain took a significant toll on her well-being.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026
It felt to her like a bereavement, that she could not vote.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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