Sentence examples for bereft a from inspiring English sources

Bereaved and bereft, a middle-aged divorcee sits at the edge of a children's playpark and indulges in regrets over the family he might have had.

Even righteous protestation hushed its clamor, as when, having striven manfully in single combat, a high-helmed champion is stricken by Jove's bolt and the two snarling armies stand at sudden gaze, astonished and bereft a moment of their rancor".

In the key role of the childless Baker, Mark Hadfield has yet to communicate the warmth that would draw us into the plight of so eventually bereft a man.

It might have gone about its business, which is not plotting armed coups, but ministering to the ailing, the aged and the bereft, a mission that entailed serving 80,001 meals, helping the sick 7,104 times, making 1,937 visits to shut-ins and counseling troubled Moscovites 9,918 times last year alone.

Back Home finds Dan prodding the embers of a dying relationship, searching for clues as to what went wrong, while Your Love Will Set You Free is even more bereft, a late-night lament for the caress of an estranged lover.

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The program's benefits for dependents of workers who die or become disabled before retirement are much higher on average than anything a private retirement account could provide for a family bereft of a breadwinner in mid-career.

We become emotionally, spiritually and physically bereft--a perpetual, lowgrade state of grief.

Exodus: Gods and Kings (A biblical movie bereft of a spiritual feeling).

"We have been bereft of a big development for a generation, and our community has suffered as a result.

I'm working and feeling a bit bereft without an OBO.