Sophia, facing a bleak and bereft future, already herself a widow, returns to her domains to begin bringing order to one small corner of chaos, while a single act by Ambrose to halt the cycle of killing has created a climate in which she can exercise clemency.
Following that advice, my family, close friends and I keep busy, calling each other and giving long answers to simple questions like, "How did your day go today?" We try to avoid thinking about either the immediate past or the bereft future.
Indeed, at times Cora seems to be already traversing a future bereft of full freedom — the landscape blighted by proto-Jim Crow, her journey a private Great Migration.
It's often a strain, she acknowledges, to play the role of the grateful hero's widow when she has been left alone to face a future bereft of the man she waited so long for.
The divorce left her facing an uncertain financial future, bereft of income and - after spending her adult life bringing up five children - lacking skills to make her attractive in the job market.
"No one could fail to be deeply moved by the terrible predicament faced by these men struck down in their prime and facing a future bereft of hope," he said.
Yet his retirement is forcing many Chinese to acknowledge that their country has relied on Yao alone for victory and national pride, ignoring shortcomings in the state sports system that leave China facing a future bereft of N.B.A. and Olympic basketball glory.
A woman who, like her country, is now notably alone and with no immediate answer when she is asked where she wants to go, Maya is spent and hollow, facing an unknown future bereft of the clear and unwavering purpose that has driven her for a decade.
What we want, what we demand, is that the suffering stop completely so that God and humanity can finally be reconciled, after a long history of human travail and agony, in a bright and blessed future, bereft of suffering, absent of tragedy and filled with blessing.
What we want, what we demand, is that the suffering stop completely so that God and humanity can finally be reconciled, after a long history of human travail and agony, in a bright and blessed future, bereft of suffering, absent of tragedy, and filled with blessing.
14– 16 Thus, patients who fail on a rilpivirine-based regimen may be bereft of multiple future therapeutic options that involve the use of non-NRTIs, while simultaneously becoming resistant to both emtricitabine and lamivudine, and may be at risk of transmitting such multiply drug-resistant viruses.
