bereave
verb (used with object)
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed byof ).
bereaving
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present participleof bereave.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Even those who are still alive are forced to spend parts of their existence inadvertently bereaving the death of a life they were promised.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
Culkin, 39, pressed that the death of Dakota – whose nickname was Cody – hit everyone in their family differently and they all were "torn up inside" while bereaving the accident.
From Fox News ● Oct. 6, 2021
He sees a solitary one, absolutely alone, without kith or kin dependent on him, and yet he toils on, "bereaving his soul of good" as unceasingly as when he first started in life.
From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Frederick Charles Jennings
But she would not have cared for these things; while bereaving himself, he would have enriched her not at all.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
So sin is deceiving, Bewitching, bereaving; ’Twill pierce through the heart, and invite you to sing; ’Twill put on fair faces, To woo your embraces, But after you’ve grasp’d it, there follows a sting!
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
