Sentence examples for bereft as from inspiring English sources

I am bereft, as is Bernie.

My father was bereft, as were we all.

Italy was now "bereft"—as Dante, who witnessed these developments, testified—"of its two suns," both the papacy and the empire.

(I find the actions of those who knew and did not contact the police to be despicable and morally bereft as well).

It leaves us hangjawed and bereft, as it did Leo and Milton 53 years ago.

On Wednesday, they were back as a starting tandem, looking as defensively bereft as ever.

France should have asked the referee to review the try but they seem bereft of leadership as well as ideas.

These children are often left bereft by state as well as parents, a world away from the moralistic finger-wagging of politicians.

It was a victory as bereft of incident as it was doggedly determined by this well-disciplined visiting county.

Madison Avenue in the early 1960s was not as bereft of women as Mad Men would have us believe.

His hand runs over his head, smoothing what hair there is, a head as bereft of hair as it is of new ideas.