Part of me knew such sentiment was maudlin and all for myself the bereft little brother who could have tried harder, etc.—so I'd take a deep breath and think of other things.
Mr. Allman is bereft that his brother missed most of the band's ride.
Bereft of parents and brother, he passes time with the Hogans because they're the only audience from the old days that he has left.
Jeannine Otis, as a bereft factory worker whose pro-union brother has died on the job in a suspicious accident, stopped the show with the wrenching song "Joe Worker".
THERE was a time long, long ago — or so the tale begins over the loudspeakers — when a wise king and his stalwart knights stood fast, an enemy army broke, a brother fell in battle and someone was bereft of something.
She leaves behind son Michael, (and wife Kalista), granddaughter Corinna, son Paul (and wife Alice), sister Davye and brother-in-law Mike, and many, many bereft friends.
Survived by his bereft family; sons, David and Thomas Vilardo; their mother, Janice Vilardo; sister and brother, Linda and John David Vilardo; niece, Caroline Hanson; and many cousins and friends.
We don't know this either, and so we are left feeling bereft for Dinah, and uncertain about the actions of her brothers.
The death from cancer of brother-in-law Stephen Edward Smith in August 1990 left Kennedy emotionally bereft at the loss of a close family member and troubleshooter.
He leaves a family bereft, mother Gertrude, wife Joyce, children Andrew and Tiffany, grandchildren Alana and Aiden, sister Barbara, brother Jonathan, nephews and nieces, and legions of adoring friends.
