Sentence examples for bereft both from inspiring English sources

Although it was a show of his undying love for me, I was bereft both at the physical discomfort and the idea that someone other than my big sister would want to physically harm me.

Bereft of both adrenaline and a sense of occasion, the contest was weakened by the reality that both sides clearly felt liberated from the all-consuming fear of dropping points that invariably turns their league performances into such nail-bitingly gripping affairs.

The New York City Opera is bereft of both.

Red Riding Hood is bereft of both mother and grandmother.

Ali is anguished, bereft, mourning both his busted violin and the soulful beauty (Golshifteh Farahani) he knew in his youth.

Lowe quit in disgust in May, and by early August, bereft of both adequate funding and Lowe's inspired leadership, the Balloon Corps itself was no more.

The United Nations estimates that at least 300,000 people have been displaced, forced to hunt for food and fuel in a country bereft of both.

And I still don't honestly know what to say to those souls who are truly alone, bereft of both youth and friends.

Bereft of both a state and freedom, an increasing number speak of abandoning the hope of a separate Palestinian state, and dreaming of a halcyon single democratic state embracing Israel instead.

The former Channel 4 chief executive returned to a corporation in crisis in 2004, reeling from the findings of the Hutton report and bereft of both its director general, Greg Dyke, and its chairman, Gavyn Davies.

This beloved nautical institution — it is not really floating, but sits atop an underwater pier — was conceived in one of New York City's bleakest hours, and its startling success infused life, and hope, into a decaying waterfront bereft of both.