bereave
verb (used with object)
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed byof ).
have bereaved
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present perfectof bereave.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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Any decision on the future of Grenfell Tower must have bereaved families at the forefront, a survivor has said.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023
When the fate of conquest had overthrown the national language, and thus seemed to have bereaved us of all our literature, it was in reality only diverging into a new course.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
O me, most woeful wight, whom no mishap Long ere this day could have bereaved hence.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury
Bereavements we cannot know who have bereaved ourselves of all companionship with our beloved for evermore on earth.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Alas! my poor money! my poor money! my dearest friend, they have bereaved me of thee; and since thou art gone, I have lost my support, my consolation, and my joy.
From The Miser by Charles Heron Wall
