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

Tak it! or ye bereave us of the liberties of Jesus Christ and His kingdome.'

From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by William Morison

“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

The storm which bereaves us of our best affections passes over; the whirlwind, the thunder, and the shower, desolating our harvest of expected joys; but the sun bursts forth again.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Susanna Moodie

There is an immense chain of intermediation, extending from center to extremes, which bereaves every agency of all freedom and character.

From Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In so far as he roves from these ends, a man bereaves himself of power, of auxiliaries.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by William James

The police have offered condolences to the bereaved families and affected community and say more information will be provided in due course.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The state governor, Angelo Ngot Mayar, sent his condolences to bereaved families and directed security agencies to evacuate the wounded.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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

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

He knew that the congregation would rather not have the bereaved say a single thing.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

Earl Spencer describes his opposition to the boys having to walk behind the coffin at their mother's funeral - and he talks of "how tiny, and slight, and bereft, Harry looked".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 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

The Greeks had the advantage in force but the Persians could block their passage, harass them or leave them bereft of food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“It is better to be without the seed than bereft of the land in which to plant it. Seed is cheap, it can be bought. I can earn a few rupees, or perhaps my sons...”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

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

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

The stranger who had burst thus unexpectedly upon them like a visitant from another world, bereaving them for a few minutes of speech and motion, was evidently not a native of the land.

From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne