bereft

Example Sentences

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What Lululemon is missing, he suggested, is someone like himself: “A company bereft of a visionary loses its singular voice for product and long-term strategy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Then they stood on the lawn, looking bereft.

From Los Angeles Times

When bereft, she even manages to sadly tip-tap her tiny feet up a staircase.

From Los Angeles Times

I was bereft when Francis moved us from San Francisco to Napa after Apocalypse Now.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the ongoing federal government shutdown, now the longest on record, has left markets bereft of official data releases.

From Barron's