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
For he shall shed my precious blood, Me of my life bereaving; All this I suffer for thy good; Be steadfast and believing.
From The Hymns of Martin Luther Set to their original melodies; with an English version by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Bereave, bereft or bereaved, bereaving, bereft or bereaved.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
There he our fancy of itself bereaving, Did make us marble with too much conceiving.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
