Sentence examples for close bereavement from inspiring English sources

There are opportunities you never welcome – the letter offering you the chance to go on a speed-awareness course, an illustrated guide to lovemaking from one's partner or, as I now have, the chance to join a club exclusively for people who've experienced close bereavement.

On entry to the Core Science course, around one quarter of respondents reported that they had experienced a recent close bereavement, nearly half of these losses having occurred in the preceding 12 months.

But about nine months ago, after a near-simultaneous one-two-three of major life events: getting married, buying our first home and a close family bereavement, somebody sneaked kryptonite into my pillowcase, and my superpower was gone.

Medical students commonly experience close personal bereavement, both before and during their course.

The number of adverse life events that a participant experienced during the previous 12 months was recorded: Serious illness or injury to oneself or close relative, bereavement (family or close friend), end of relationship, problem with close friend or relative, difficulty finding a job, sacked from job, financial crisis, problems with police/law and theft/loss.

By the end of his premiership, Blair, one of his closest allies told me at the time, felt a true "sense of loss" over Europe, close to a bereavement.

For instance, Fiske et al., [ 23] found that among older edentulous patients, tooth loss was related to lowered self-confidence, dislike of appearance, altered behavior in socializing and forming close relationships, and bereavement.

The Colorado Rockies placed closer Brian Fuentes on the bereavement list.

The events that more than 10% of the sample had experienced were: serious disease or injury to a family member (n = 14), bereavement of a close relative or friend (n = 11), bereavement of a parent (n = 7), serious physical/psychological violence (n = 6), and traffic/other accident (n = 5).

Some other funeral businesses that have opened storefront shops, like Southcare Memorial Chapel in Atlanta, have taken the concept even closer to retailing by selling bereavement books, flowers and sympathy cards in the stores.

The biggest speech of Juncker's 10 months as head of the commission came close on the heels of family bereavement.