bereave
Example Sentences
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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
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Witness, too, the moon that permeates—every being's inmost thought; Let her too of life bereave me—if in this 'gainst thee I've sinned.
From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.