bereave
verb (used with object)
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed byof ).
has bereft
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present perfectof bereave (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dearest father, thou hast left us, Hear thy loss we deeply feel; But 'tis God that has bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal.
From The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain
To-day he culled this one: Phileola dear, we cry because thou hast gone and left us, But well we know it is a merciful heaven which has bereft us.
From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Marie Conway Oemler
His Castle's down; and Diffidence, his wife, Brave Master Great-heart has bereft of life.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan
In fact I behaved as I have read of men doing, whom a sudden fortune has bereft of reason.
From Pieces of Eight by Richard Le Gallienne
Well, that does not prevent us from believing that we have gained more than lost by the change; I except, of course, those whom fear has bereft of all liberty of judgment.
From Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller by Friedrich Schiller
