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  • verb Present participle of bereave.

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Examples

  • It was he who in the dead of night, amidst flickering candles and silent, bereaving crowds, sung out these words, only to be followed by the chorus of thousands following him, the echo expressing the national spirit.

    Natalia Brzezinski: Poland Has Not Yet Been Lost 2010

  • It was he who in the dead of night, amidst flickering candles and silent, bereaving crowds, sung out these words, only to be followed by the chorus of thousands following him, the echo expressing the national spirit.

    Poland Has Not Yet Been Lost Natalia Brzezinski 2010

  • Zee takes the newborn with her while Sam assists her by constructing a bottle nipple and offering a shoulder for a bereaving Caleb whom he just met.

    Sierra Ransom-Emma Craig « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • Time travel, genies, and bereaving heroines make for warm wonderful whimsy.

    Best Wishes Always-Lucy Flynn « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • Chairs lined up around the perimeter of the room quickly filled with family and friends of the bereaving family.

    Venkat Srinivasan: Religion and Region 2009

  • Not less than the joyful surprise of the senior, who had supposed himself in the extremity of peril from which he was thus unexpectedly relieved, was that of our excellent friend Caleb, when he found the pursuer intended to add to his prize, instead of bereaving him of it.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • When Jacob accuses them of bereaving him of his children, Reuben doesn't just try to offer comfort, he offers his own sons if he fails to bring Benjamin back.

    Responding to the Test Julie D. 2005

  • It comes on him by stealth, bereaving him ruthlessly of all other interest in life.

    Over the River 2004

  • Him, his Grace the Archbishop perpetually obstructed, cutting him out with his elbow in the moment of success, despatching him in degrading quest of melted butter, and, when by any chance he got hold of any dish worth having, bereaving him of it, and ordering him to stand back.

    Our Mutual Friend 2004

  • She is bereaving and she's crying and she's hurt, and as well as anyone would be if they had lost a child in that fashion.

    CNN Transcript Jul 7, 2003 2003

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