Sentence examples for virtually bereft from inspiring English sources

The campus is virtually bereft of trees.

Because, though it's full of wonderful expository prose, it's virtually bereft of anything else.

Virtually bereft of sunshine, in the early 1900s the chasm was used as a natural cold store by the Ward brothers, who hunted possums for their lucrative fur.

Well, many respected people in basketball believe skilled post play is essentially a thing of the past and that the center position, once the most glamorous and dominating in the game, is now virtually bereft of first-rate players.

In parting, Mrs. Freedman wrote, "My modest suggestion is that corporations reconsider their easy acceptance of the proposition that it is more costly to employ women than men". Almost as arresting as her arguments is that the 800-word article was virtually bereft of statistics.

If the thought of an international competition virtually bereft of familiar names seems strange then it is worth bearing in mind that, once swathes of the continent's footballing talent have been conveyor belted to Europe and beyond in a trade that is only accelerating, the rump largely lies neglected.

Partition left Pakistan almost bereft of manufacturing – importing most consumer goods, including matches, soap, cloth and yarn, and virtually all machinery.

Bereft of form in one-dayers and bowling was virtually ignored.

She looked ruined, bereft.

He was bereft.

The children were bereft.