reft

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A split soon reft the I. W. W. ranks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best lines in the Cantos are very good indeed: What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee .

From Time Magazine Archive

Several years ago, Mayo Clinic's famed Digestion Expert Walter Clement Alvarez started a notebook in which he collected experiences of patients whose appendixes had been reft from them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bright spot of my childhood is reft of its light!

From Verses of Feeling and Fancy by MacKeracher, Wm. M.

What would she be—what would she do if the strong staff of his protection, the solace of his companionship, were reft from her?

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion