Sentence examples for bereft of affection from inspiring English sources
In just a few years, temper tantrums may be replaced with tween silence and although my son is never bereft of affection, both giving and receiving, I fear there will soon come a time when only I initiate it, not him.
She fully understands both her character's attributes (red hair, freckles) that make her stand out and her initial social standing (an orphan bereft of parental affection; an adopted child who wasn't the boy her new family wanted; the new kid in school, introduced to that new society at an awkward age).
To describe my relationship to my laptop I need the language of affection - I need it, I depend on it, I'm attached to it, I would be bereft without it - more than the language of real necessity.
It is a term of affection.
Public displays of affection provide that visibility.
It is an irreverent term of affection.
The dog knew no hierarchy of affection.
This special kind of affection is a second-order affection, an affection that has as its object another affection.
Public display of affection.
"Maybe one reason is lack of affection.
