They suck knowledge out of anything that isn't dry or bereft of human feeling.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (A biblical movie bereft of a spiritual feeling).
The censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the death of Robert A. Taft in the 1950s had left conservatives feeling bereft of power and influence, she writes, and Republicans had been losing more seats to a rejuvenated Democratic party.
Much of the news media, which largely lean left, used to revel in denouncing Mr. Hollande's predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, but now many journalists are feeling bereft of material because of the new president's less dramatic governing style.
In 1970, Alexander Pushkin, celebrated teacher and surrogate father to the young dancer (whose own father never understood or supported his ambitions), died suddenly and left Baryshnikov feeling bereft of protectors.
The doctor says there is nothing wrong... ..........[ 30] The disbelief of significant others left them feeling bereft of support, frustrated and fearful[ 14, 25] Both before and after a CFS/ME diagnosis was established, information about the condition appeared central in allowing people to gain control of their lives.
Volunteers on social networks talk of feeling bereft, lost, suffering withdrawal symptoms, bouts of crying, and replaying the opening ceremony over and over and over again.
Another, whose parents sold the beautiful Tudor farmhouse she had so loved and left her alone in a poky bedsit, spoke of feeling bereft, as if her childhood had been savagely cut short.
With much political uncertainty, terror and death, it has left many feeling slightly bereft of hope.
But Kenyans remain, as colonial logic demanded, the other, bereft of the features and feelings that establish our common humanity.
