bereave
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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
For if they bereave me of my life, They cannot bereave me of heaven’s fee.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
“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
It agitates and tears him, and perhaps almost bereaves him of the power of articulation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various
This not seldom bereaves them of their Nose.
But still we yield thee to no stranger's care; No unknown foe our tender love bereaves; Thou goest the angels' hallow'd bliss to share, A Father thy exalted soul receives!
From Poems by Betham, Matilda
Bush, who ran Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, was trusted by bereaved families but mistreated them on an "almost industrial scale", Paxton said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Lawyer Chris Walker, who represents the three bereaved families, said they were made aware of the transfer in the last two days.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
A Foreign Office spokesperson acknowledged the "bereaved families have endured a long and painful wait for answers" and said the latest update was "undoubtedly a source of further grief and frustration".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Palmer’s post is just one of many on the subreddit from bereaved parents asking for medical equipment to be removed from their baby’s face.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Lord never sends you more than you can bear— That was an ancient Maycomb phrase employed by its fragile ladies who sat up with corpses, supposed to be profoundly comforting to the bereaved.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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
The trend underscores a Wild West internet landscape that is largely bereft of guardrails as false narratives erode digital trust.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
Mo Goldman, an Arizona immigration attorney whose clients have often been bereft of their things, told Salon that not returning confiscated belongings has been a pattern in practice for a long time.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026
To have to live without that single gift saddened him and left his imagination so bereft that he appeared dull even to the women who did not hate his mother.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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
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 Baerlein, Henry
As for Frank, in 40a way it would be a good thing for him if he could secure Kathryn before the news came bereaving him of the baronetcy.
From Where the Path Breaks by Créspigny, Charles de
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 English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
