Sentence examples for is bereft when from inspiring English sources

Babe, for example, finds fulfilment working for Western Union during the war, and is bereft when forced to return to domestic chores.

He calls Dudley Ward three, four, five times a night and is bereft when the line is busy or she has gone to the theater with a friend.

I was bereft when I came to the end.

She developed an attachment to Bernie Williams and was bereft when he wasn't re-signed.

I was "bereft" when Times Select prevented me from affording my favorite columnists.

Their culture must have been bereft when the mammoth vanished – even as they helped it on its way.

So richly imagined, so intriguing – I was bereft when I finished it and realised I would have to wait a year for the next Tana French book.

The most symbolic concession to Terry's Old Geezers and Gals, the 8 million-strong band who were bereft when Wogan left the breakfast slot after 27 years, came in the shape of newsreader Moira Stuart.

Fans of the NBC musical comedy-drama "Smash" — they were out there, and you know who you are — were bereft when this ratings-challenged series was canceled last spring, leaving audiences forever in the dark about the future of its roster of fictional Broadway stars and striving performers.

Digg Reader, Digg's alternative for the RSS aggregation addicts who will be bereft when Google Reader finally shuts down on July 1, is now available on the Digg iOS app.

Hell, I was bereft when Chelsea Clinton left for college.