Examples of 'bereft' in a sentence

Meaning of "bereft"

bereave (verb) - to be deprived of a loved one through a profound loss, typically used in the context of death or mourning
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  • simple past tense and past participle of bereave
  • Pained by the loss of someone.
  • Deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of.

How to use "bereft" in a sentence

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My mind is blissfully bereft of the effects of campanology.
Bereft of any belonging except a bag of clothes.
She left him bereft and wifeless.
So bereft of victories it may well cease to exist.
The night was not bereft of pleasures or insights.
I was wondering if you could be a little more bereft.
That man is bereft of passion and imagination.
It is more that she must be seen to be bereft.
I was utterly bereft of all my previous notions of reality.
It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas.
Are we so bereft of ideas that we must revive.
And they were utterly bereft when he died.
You are bereft if somebody takes your place.
The movie is absolutely bereft of any vulgarity.
I was bereft to have to turn the last page.

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And all of his devoted followers bereft.
They are now bereft of any bargaining power.
Perhaps there are other locations bereft of skaggle.
It is an album bereft of any really good ideas.
What they discovered left them bereft.
One bereft of morality is not a human being at all.
The show is certainly not bereft of imagination.
I am bereft of belief in the uniqueness of the weft.
Then walk into a classroom bereft of computers.
Bereft at the loss of her father.
The first night is disappointingly bereft of spooks.
Her love has bereft her of her reason.
Bereft and gelded of his patrimony.
This summer has been a summer bereft of originality.
You are bereft after finishing that superb project.
Every single person will be bereft of goodness.
Men who were bereft of reason conducted the war.
His death has left me bereft.
Fourteen wives bereft and grieving.
Bereft of the advantages of economic growth.
You do not seem too bereft at his passing.
Himself bereft of support and his party shattered.
Caged birds are regularly bereft of their fresh plumes.
The bereft families called us again.
Is the world so bereft of new ideas.
Shoes bereft of feet are capable of making terrible accusations.
This country is so bereft of imagination anymore.
Bereft of much focus by the consulates.
I guess the bereft are easy targets.
We chant the flying sea in the body bereft.
He died there bereft of malice or compassion.
We had thought ourselves bereft forever.
Crouch lives bereft of his memories or sense of self.
And we are barren and bereft of friends.
Completely bereft of any practical evidence.

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