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.”
Then they stood on the lawn, looking bereft.
From Los Angeles Times
It is so tawdry and pitiful and, yet, so perfectly appropriate for a man of gross appetites and bereft of a moral compass.
From Seattle Times
“His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft. Thank you for all your thoughts during this difficult time.”
From Seattle Times
“His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft,” the 75-year-old Webber said in a statement emailed by a representative.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
