bereave
verb (used with object)
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed byof ).
bereaves
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present tense formof bereave (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“It utterly bereaves me to pass on the news that I have been advised by my medical team here in the UK to cancel my upcoming USA book tour,” Moore wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023
Queen Elizabeth II will be seated alone as she bereaves the death of her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, at his funeral on Saturday.
From Fox News ● Apr. 16, 2021
Their “dishonour Mangles true judgment, and bereaves the State Of that integrity which should become it; Not having the power to do the good it would, For the ill which doth control it.”
From The Religion of Politics A Sermon Delivered Before His Excellency John Davis, Governor, His Honor George Hull, Lieutenant Governor, The Honorable Council, And The Legislature Of Massachusetts, At The Annual Election, January 5, 1842. by Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles) Gannett
The storm which bereaves us of our best affections passes over; the whirlwind, the thunder, and the shower, desolating our harvest of expected joys; but the sun bursts forth again.
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Susanna Moodie
Heap there all golden promise that deceives, Beauty that wins the heart, and then bereaves, For love is dead.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
