Sentence examples for a recent bereavement from inspiring English sources

Scientists said older people who had suffered a recent bereavement had poorer defences against bacteria, which could leave them more vulnerable to killer infections, such as pneumonia.

We can certainly debate the legitimate boundaries of disease and "normality," as in the controversy over "normal grief" versus major depression after a recent bereavement.

For example: a recent bereavement, being unsure about one's sexual orientation, low self-esteem, or lacking friends from one's own age group are all said to be "vulnerabilities".

This is not a recent bereavement – the couple met in 1976 and had two children before his death in 1994, at the age of just 45 – but for Smith it clearly feels like yesterday.

The Rugby One is no better, having long since assumed the default personality of a Wetherspoons regular aggressively trying to paper over a recent bereavement with an exhausting barrage of overcompensatory badinage.

The woman overcoming a recent bereavement and suffering from severe depression whose prayers were literally answered when she had a miscarriage rather than needing to travel to England, or the mother-of-four trying to figure out how to crash her car badly enough to induce miscarriage but not badly enough to kill or permanently injure herself?

The report turned up evidence that Dr. Shipman did seem to have a morbid interest in death; many of his victims were themselves in a state of recent bereavement.

We do not know whether Tom has always been so critical, or if it is a result of his recent bereavement, but it makes for saddening reading; Murdo is a well-intentioned, warm-hearted young man, dealing with his own burden of grief and apparently not getting much support.

The sample was selected at random from the list of patients aged 70 or older at each practice following screening by a GP for (i) recent bereavement, (ii) terminal illness, (iii) debilitating mental illness, (iv) inability to complete a questionnaire and (v) any other illness preventing participation.

16 In accordance with trial criteria, GPs excluded and recorded reasons for patients who had: a concomitant severe mental health problem or terminal illness; had suffered recent bereavement; had a known alcohol or drug addiction; suffered pain caused by cancer or other malignancy; were unable to give informed consent; other (unspecified) reasons.

Over tea, cake and a flickering candle, the discussion ranges from recent bereavement, past losses, assisted (and non-assisted) suicide, near-death experiences, funeral wishes and the lessons of life from those facing its imminent end.