bereft
Example Sentences
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"England just look like a team bereft of confidence at the minute," he told Rugby Union Weekly.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
Markets elsewhere, bereft of megacap tech buoyancy, failed to keep pace.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Ask any MTV fans still bereft over its exaggerated demise how the latest season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” can still be airing on, yes, MTV.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026
He thinks the krona’s strength is attributable to the debasement trade as historically it’s been a volatile currency, bereft of safe-haven characteristics.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
I turn to meet his eyes, then sigh and shift my attention back to the miserable late-autumn landscape on the other side of the windshield—all cold and dreary and bereft of life.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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