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
For if they bereave me of my life, They cannot bereave me of the heavens so high.’
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
“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
Proudly he shews, with many a smile elate, The scrambling subjects of the private plate While Time their actions and their names bereaves, They grin for ever in the guarded leaves.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
This not seldom bereaves them of their Nose.
And yet in life there is an interim So dull that stagnant loneliness bereaves Beauty of tenderness, and hope deceives Until the eyes grow sceptical and dim.
From The Five Books of Youth by Robert Hillyer
No one will give speeches at the ceremony, while bereaved family members will read out the names of all of those killed and a bell rung to mark major moments during the attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
She said: "Too often these cases are dependent upon bereaved families campaigning at a time when they are least prepared to do so, and it is an outstanding public service that they perform."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hearings for the Nottingham Inquiry began in February, and heard evidence from more than 100 witnesses, including police officers, NHS mental health staff practitioners, the survivors of the attacks and the bereaved families.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The bereaved received rap demos that Elsesser’s brother and his friends had recorded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
That my walk across London ended at the church on Clapham Common, and that a cowardly Briony limped back to the hospital, unable to confront her recently bereaved sister.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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 death of a sibling leaves survivors twice bereft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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
He felt strangely bereft when she sat far from him at the table.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
It threatened to force them to become again the instrument of bereaving their father of his darling child, and bringing about that very calamity which they had pledged themselves should never happen.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
Would I have taken pleasure in bereaving thee of aught that was not hurtful?
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
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
