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Meanings of bereft in English
Synonyms
Examples for "lovelorn"
Examples for "lovelorn"
1
A lovelorn British earl fakes amnesia to win back his estranged wife.
2
He wandered in the garden and mourned in a lovelorn way.
3
His lovelorn state had grown worse and he found the delay too long.
4
The season has been equally unpropitious to the lovelorn Phoebe Wilkins.
5
But for the lovelorn, sometimes the odds of it happening seem exasperatingly slim.
1
There had been no change in nature unnoticed or unbeloved by her.
2
Prizes came late: he was unbeloved by the establishment he flayed.
3
His beloved relatives obtain the good, his unbeloved relatives the evil he has done.
4
Not unbeloved is this serious tree, the elm, with its leaf sitting close, unthrilled.
5
Prosperity Street is the external power locus of the wizard Jarrow, my most unbeloved colleague.
Usage of bereft in English
1
It is bereft of new ideas and is manifestly failing in government.
2
I need not feel so bereft just because the aliora were gone.
3
They all stared at him, immersed in another crisis, bereft of speech.
4
And I don't think they should be bereft of healthcare, Hatch said.
5
Something terrifying was happening to the savage who had been left bereft.
6
Therefore, they are bereft of witnessing the lights of eternity in Jesus.
7
At that moment, Verminaard realized he was alone, bereft of spiritual help.
8
It shows bridges across the mighty Yangtze River almost bereft of vehicles.
9
There are, in the world, many men that are bereft of faith.
10
I saw a room, large and high-ceilinged, bereft of anything-furniture, character, life.
11
Laurence himself had been momentarily bereft of speech at this offensive suggestion.
12
I stand here, bereft of my father, gathering up corpses of innocents.
13
The knight sank on to a chair as though bereft of strength.
14
She could not leave Thebe and Varia alone, bereft of her leadership.
15
Simple signs of city life and all were utterly bereft of it.
16
This, then, was an almost feudal display, imperious rulers against bereft subjects.
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Bereft through the time
Bereft across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common