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.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Then they stood on the lawn, looking bereft.

From Los Angeles Times

But Sexton is not utterly bereft of hope.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, with so many people feeling lost and bereft, she is hoping to help create it.

From Los Angeles Times

Having won seven games last season before trading up, the Carolina Panthers do not have the typically bereft roster of a team picking first.

From Washington Post