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bereaved
[ bih-reevd ]
adjective
- (of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one.
noun
- Usually the bereaved. a bereaved person or persons:
to extend condolences to the bereaved.
bereaved
/ bɪˈriːvd /
adjective
- having been deprived of something or someone valued, esp through death
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- un·be·reaved adjective
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Example Sentences
This is an excellent book for the bereaved and for the un-bereaved who walk beside them.
These short daily devotions help the bereaved feel less alone.
Bereaved mothers report overwhelmingly that they feel alone and unable to share their feelings of loss.
Giffords and bereaved parents, moving as they are, can't do that work.
And while the bereaved person may wish to be dead, the depressed person may attempt suicide, and some succeed.
Yet will not the heart be bereaved of its vision; it still sees a smile of tenderness in the universe.
This occurred in July, 1854, and the troubles of the bereaved family did not end here.
Desmarets, bereaved, sold his place to Martin Falleix's brother and left Paris in despair.
Moselekatse is a lion; he conquered nations, he robbed the strong ones, he bereaved mothers, he took away the son of Kheri.
Manga Colorada, bereaved and with blackened face, lay in wait for the first step of the emigrants outside of their city of refuge.
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