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
Orphan, or′fan, n. a child bereft of father or mother, or of both.—adj. bereft of parents.—v.t. to bereave of parents.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
“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
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
Their departure bereaves us, but, all in all, it must be accounted a blessing.
From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey
Gaspard, Monica, Domestics, &c. with torches, enter at the moment and surround the baron, whose surprise bereaves him of power to resist.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Witnesses at the inquiry included police staff and officers, mental healthcare practitioners, Calocane's former flatmates and family members, the bereaved families and the survivors of the attacks.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The bereaved received rap demos that Elsesser’s brother and his friends had recorded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
A service of remembrance began at the synagogue in Manchester at 20:00 BST, with relatives of the bereaved and some of the survivors among the speakers.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Then the Bath minister asked if the bereaved would like to come forward and speak some words to the assembled congregation about this good man, comforting others through an account of this holy man’s homegoing.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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
But the salaries and benefits offered by BAE draw workers from other professions, leaving the town bereft of mechanics, driving instructors and nurses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
In another message, Lord Mandelson told McFadden he thought No 10 was "beleaguered and bereft".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 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
He sees a solitary one, absolutely alone, without kith or kin dependent on him, and yet he toils on, "bereaving his soul of good" as unceasingly as when he first started in life.
From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Frederick Charles Jennings
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
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 Charles de Créspigny
