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been bereft
adjective
Pained by the loss of someone.
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Too often he's been bereft of back-up.
Both parties have been bereft of policy based on principle.
Their culture must have been bereft when the mammoth vanished – even as they helped it on its way.
Yet it would be foolish to exaggerate Mr Bush's problems.To begin with, Mr Bush's second term has not been bereft of achievements.
My undergraduate years may have been bereft of frissons, but I wound up with a career as a tenured professor at Syracuse University, a traditional university.
Twenty of the 64 draws in league play — 31 percent of all draws (11.6 percent of all games) — have been bereft of goals.
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I'm bereft.
Louise is bereft.
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