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a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved

the poor bereaved widow

...we are an honorable and bereaved family reduced to beggary.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime And Punishment
Then with a mutual impulse the two bereaved women flung themselves into each other's arms and had a good, consoling cry, and then parted.
Mark Twain -- Tom Sawyer
Harry kept smiling and waving, even though it was like a little bereavement, watching his son glide away from him....
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
A bereaved expression crossed his face, as if he were someone attending the funeral of a close friend.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
In the corner of a sitting room in her house, Shizuka would keep a small shrine to Mutsuhiro, a tradition among bereaved Japanese families.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
'I must regret that I intrude in the midst of your bereavement,' said Hercule Poirot.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
[Tom's eyes were starting from their sockets—yes, it was a cruel day for the bereaved youth, everybody thought.
Mark Twain -- Pudd'nhead Wilson
'I was aware that you sustained a bereavement, sir, some time ago,' said Mr. Chillip.
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield
Two days later, halfway through the service, it seemed as though Ruth was going to be the lone member of the bereaved family there.
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
Michael Holtzapfel was buried and the book thief read to the bereaved.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
You will see my father! my poor, my bereaved father!
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pioneers
Yet he was pursuing his ordinary avocations, smiling mechanically to fellow-tradesmen, and arguing with bargainers—as bereaved men do after a while.
Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
And me a bereaved widow, practically.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
Then something like a bereaved affection and self-pity swept over him.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
The Bible -- Genesis
It is bereavement that has brought you to this!
Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
Couldn't take a bereavement day off work.
Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
But for Ira, John, and Rene, the personages who mattered were the three bereaved "Gold Star" mothers.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers

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