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as in bereaved
suffering the death of a loved one
to one investigator, the bereft woman seemed to be taking the sudden death of her rich husband amazingly well
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as in devoid
utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
a cheap motel completely bereft of all amenities
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Recent Examples of bereft
Without a pole, hook, or tree to climb, squirrels are left defeated and bereft.
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, testified that the screenplay left him bereft.
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Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
But Carmen is bereft over her grandmother and best friend, Mar, who has died.
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Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Some of the present hyper-scalers may have collapsed and burned, leaving investors bereft.
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Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2026
Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, testified that the screenplay left him bereft.
—
Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
But Carmen is bereft over her grandmother and best friend, Mar, who has died.
—
Anna Marie De La Fuente,
Variety,
18 May 2026
Some of the present hyper-scalers may have collapsed and burned, leaving investors bereft.
—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for bereft
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bereft
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Fifteen years after Dylan’s death, Ramsay continues to answer calls from bereaved parents.
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Challenges for caregivers and schools A single death can force a bereaved family to navigate multiple intersecting losses.
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In a show mostly devoid of explicit messages, the sentiment surprised me.
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Players take on the role of a Ditto capable of mimicking its human trainer, and the Pokémon is thrown into a world devoid of humans.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
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The decade was an unhappy panorama of inflation, gas shortages, military humiliation, and revelations of political corruption.
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On Tuesday, Paul urged Americans who are unhappy with the justices’ ruling to support his proposal.
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Paromita, a widowed teacher, conceals her loneliness behind the cover of duty and routine, while Shefali, a working wife, hides her bruises beneath concealer and silence.
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Getting into spoilers, Naim and his widowed mother, Arlene (Mia Wasikowska), only recently moved to the small religious factory town that introduced Naim and Ryan.
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“Bereft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bereft. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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