Sentence examples for were already bereft from inspiring English sources

Granted, some of these homes are built on old farmlands that were already bereft of any tree growth, but most developers seem happy to bulldoze trees in the name of cost and efficiency in order to perpetuate another act of architectural vacuity -- the modern subdivision -- a largely treeless desert where there is zero risk of your cat or little Johnny getting stuck in an old oak or maple.

Luton, Tiverton and Maidenhead are already bereft.

Similarly, Teale has managed his resources as best he can, but he is a rookie and the team was already bereft.

Indeed, at times Cora seems to be already traversing a future bereft of full freedom — the landscape blighted by proto-Jim Crow, her journey a private Great Migration.

Three-quarters of Britain's 59 native species of butterfly are declining in number and a countryside completely bereft of butterflies is already a reality: 38 summer visits to the WCBS 1km squares recorded no butterflies at all in 2012.

The dry warmth and slopes bereft of snow have hurt resort owners and ski lift operators, who are already contending with Switzerland's strong currency discouraging foreign visitors.

My father was bereft, as were we all.

The children were bereft.

The Typewriter Room's typewriter is similarly bereft of romance.

Of course, society has not been entirely bereft of sparklers.

By all accounts the city is culturally bereft.