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

It is permitted to give us a field to redeem it— "to transmute, bereave Of an ill influence, and a good receive."

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

“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

He contends that when one is not blamable for some calamity which bereaves him or strips him of his possessions, grief is unmanly, regret inexcusable.

From Claim Number One by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

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 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

Jamie said NHS Lothian underestimated how difficult it could be for bereaved parents to navigate the complaints process.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

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

I’d go to funerals and I’d walk in and the bereaved would look up and see me and they’d stop crying.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

Desmond Wilcox died in 2000 leaving Rantzen bereft.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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

It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering, I should turn to God.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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

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

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

Sleep COME, Sleep, and with thy sweet deceiving     Lock me in delight awhile;     Let some pleasing dreams beguile     All my fancies; that from thence     I may feel an influence All my powers of care bereaving!

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch