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
But would you bereave me of the last badge of my respectability?
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
“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
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
This not seldom bereaves them of their Nose.
What though of gilded baubles he bereaves us, Dear to the heart of youth, to manhood's prime, Think of the calm he brings, the wealth he leaves us, The hoarded spoils, the legacies of time!
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown
"Only a lifelong prison sentence does justice to the immense suffering that has been inflicted on the victims and the bereaved families," the court said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
It writes that campaigners for water safety, made up of bereaved families, are sounding the alarm of "open water swimming" amid "40 water-related tragedies this summer".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
"From day one, I've been here searching. I didn't want to stop until he could rest in peace," the bereaved father said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
A civic group and bereaved families filed a complaint accusing members of the Shinsegae Group, which operates Starbucks Korea, of defaming and insulting the victims and relatives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
I’d go to funerals and I’d walk in and the bereaved would look up and see me and they’d stop crying.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The town has been left bereft - little wonder Scotland's First Minister John Swinney is due to visit this month, to hear the problems first-hand.
From BBC ● Aug. 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
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
Liyana, feeling suddenly bereft without her friend, saw a crowd of tourists heading in there, so she turned and followed them, as if she were part of their group.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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
A mob is a society of bodies voluntarily bereaving themselves of reason, and traversing its work.
From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton) Painter
Sleep 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 Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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
